xxiv College and Career Portfolio Portfolio Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Portfolio Objective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Portfolio Electronic Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Portfolio Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Certificates and Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Résumé and Cover Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Portfolio Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Portfolio Personal Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Portfolio Letters of Recommendation . . . . . . . . 296 Portfolio Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Portfolio Standardized Test Scores. . . . . . . . . . 348 Portfolio Website. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Portfolio Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 Portfolio Presentation Preparation . . . . . . . . . . 460 Portfolio Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 Volunteering: Where to Start?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Why Volunteer?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Volunteering and Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Volunteering: A Lifelong Habit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Volunteering Based on Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Volunteering and College Admissions . . . . . . . 165 Volunteering for Your Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Volunteering and Fund-Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Crisis Hotlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Volunteering with Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Civic Engagement: What Does It Mean? . . . . . 327 Providing Personal Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Entrepreneurial Volunteerism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Feeding the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Clothing Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Community Housing Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 Lend a Hand