Why Service Years?
![Changing Lives](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assets.nationbuilder.com/serviceyear/pages/4492/attachments/original/1711397234/2.jpg?1711397234)
Transform Lives
Service years create pathways to opportunity for young people and allow them to develop real-world experience as well as valued professional and leadership skills.
![Solving Problems](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assets.nationbuilder.com/serviceyear/pages/4492/attachments/original/1565638320/1.jpg?1565638320)
Strengthen Communities
Service years provide cost-effective human capital that can be utilized by local communities to tackle our biggest challenges, like educational equity, disaster response, health, conservation, and more.
![Developing Leaders](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assets.nationbuilder.com/serviceyear/pages/4492/attachments/original/1601587150/3.jpg?1601587150)
Fuel Civic Renewal
Service years bring people together across lines of difference around a shared experience that builds cultural competency and civic engagement.