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No-cost after-school program where high-school students meet industry professionals and explore careers in architecture, engineering, and construction, with scholarships available.

Career-exploration program for teens and young adults, pairing group activities with one-on-one mentorship from local professionals in fields like health care, law and government, engineering, business, and the arts.

Matches every 11th- and 12th-grade student at its partner high schools with a committed college-educated mentor for one-on-one guidance on college access and career success.

In-person summer research program for high-school students on the Boston University campus with an Internship track and a Practicum track.

Free, full-time, in-person summer research experience in the sciences or engineering for local New Jersey high-school students, working in ongoing Princeton research programs under faculty supervision.

Free year-long program offering research projects in mathematics and bioinformatics plus guided reading for high-school students, with local students meeting mentors in person and others by teleconference.

$20,000 college scholarship for high-school seniors who show leadership, service, and commitment to their communities; 150 scholars are selected each year.

500 four-year scholarships awarded to high-school seniors based on scholarship, leadership, and financial need; male and female students compete separately.

Scholarship for high-achieving high-school seniors with financial need, providing last-dollar funding after institutional aid.

Full four-year scholarship match to partner colleges for high-achieving, low-income high-school seniors, with no parental contribution and no student loans.

Summer academic and leadership program at Yale for high-school sophomores and juniors from around the world.

Ways for youth to volunteer with the Red Cross as club members, Disaster Action Team volunteers, Blood Services volunteers, or Service to the Armed Forces volunteers; available roles depend on your location.

High-school chapters (more than 4,000 worldwide) where students build one-to-one friendships with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and take part in leadership training and events.

Youth volunteer opportunities including sorting and packing food at warehouse sites and the Students Change Hunger school food and fund drive competition.

Volunteer with a local Habitat affiliate; the site lists Youth Programs under volunteer opportunities near you.

International, student-led organization that gives high-school students opportunities to serve, build character, and develop leadership through school-based clubs in 40 countries.

Dozens of active NASA projects where volunteers help classify satellite images, observe celestial objects, photograph atmospheric phenomena, or submit field observations; volunteers have co-authored more than 650 publications.

Teen and college clubs where members learn, lead, and serve by creating service projects that benefit their school and community.

Digital volunteer program where community members transcribe Smithsonian collections to make historical materials searchable, with peer review and expert approval before publication.

Teen volunteer opportunities at Somerset County library branches, including the Bridgewater branch at 1 Vogt Drive.

Volunteer as event staff, coach, official, or Unified Partner with a local Special Olympics program to help athletes with intellectual disabilities shine.

Teen volunteers assist patients, visitors, and staff with a variety of tasks and projects at the hospital. The program does not include medical, education, internship, or job-shadow opportunities.

World's largest platform for people-powered research, where anyone can help scientists classify images, transcribe records, and analyze data across biology, climate, history, physics, space, and social science.

Saturday-morning science and mathematics courses taught by Columbia researchers for high-school students in grades 10-12, September through May.