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=== Community development === Service-learning contributes to the presence of more volunteers, which enables community organizations to do more<ref name="Sandy 2006">{{cite journal |last1=Sandy |first1=Marie |last2=Holland |first2=Barbara A. |date=Fall 2006 |title=Different Worlds and Common Ground: Community Partner Perspectives on Campus-Community Partnerships |url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl/3239521.0013.103/--different-worlds-and-common-ground-community-partner?view=image |journal=Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=30β43 |access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>{{rp|35β36}} and to serve more clients.<ref name="Perla">{{cite web |last1=Barrientos |first1=Perla |title=Community Service Learning and its Impact on Community Agencies: An Assessment Study |url=http://www.sfsu.edu/~icce/downloads/pdf/CSL%20Report%20for%20Publishing_3-25-10.pdf |access-date=13 December 2014 |website=www.sfsu.edu |publisher=San Francisco State University}}</ref>{{rp|5}} Students may supply specific skills they possess to benefit the organization,<ref name="Tryon">{{cite journal |last1=Tryon |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Stoecker |first2=Randy |date=September 2008 |title=The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service-Learning |url=http://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/index.php/jheoe/article/view/99/87 |journal=Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement |volume=12 |issue=3 |access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>{{rp|49}} and can be a source of new ideas, energy, and enthusiasm.<ref name="Vernon 2014">{{cite journal |last1=Vernon |first1=Andrea |last2=Ward |first2=Kelly |date=1999 |title=Campus and Community Partnerships: Assessing Impacts and Strengthening Connections |url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl/3239521.0006.103/--campus-and-community-partnerships-assessing-impacts?view=image |journal=Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning |volume=6 |issue=1 |access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>{{rp|33}} Through partnering with a college or university, a community organization can gain access to new knowledge and opportunities to connect with other organizations that have partnered with the same school.<ref name="Sandy 2006" />{{rp|36}} Service-learning may motivate individuals to become better citizens of their communities by cultivating civic and social responsibility,<ref name="Eyler 1999" />{{rp|12}} and through the development of personal relationships.<ref name="Eyler 2007" />{{rp|56}} A service-learning experience may be the catalyst in the life of a student to dive into the complexities of the social issues they have encountered and to seek to develop innovative solutions.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Reflection in service-learning classes |url=http://www.servicelearning.umn.edu/info/reflection.html |access-date=June 2, 2016 |publisher=Center for Community-Engaged Learning}}</ref>
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