【推荐3】Volunteering is a great benefit to our society. However, you may not realize that volunteering is also a valuable experience that offers numerous benefits to teenagers.

    1     With volunteer activities, they can explore their interests, passions, and talents. This helps in developing a sense of identity and purpose, enhancing their self-esteem (自尊) and confidence.

Volunteering allows teenagers to acquire and improve a wide range of skills.     2     Leadership, time management, problem-solving, and teamwork skills are also developed through volunteer work.

Volunteering exposes teenagers to various social issues and challenges faced by others.     3     By working

Volunteering provides teenagers with opportunities to link with like-minded individuals and build a network of contacts.     4     Additionally, active participation in community service allows teenagers to contribute to their local communities, developing a sense of belonging and responsibility.

Engaging in volunteer work can also improve mental health and emotional well-being among teenagers. The act of giving back and making a positive impact on others can boost their self-esteem and overall happiness.     5    

To sum up, encouraging teenagers to engage in volunteer activities can have a profound and positive impact on their lives, both now and in the future.

【推荐1】Some of you just need a tool that will allow you to get your daily dose of advanced English when you want it. The best tool to do that is a language app. Here are some for you.

Magoosh

Magoosh offers a few excellent modules for learners. These are especially useful if you’re studying for an English exam. Advanced English learners will find the vocabulary builder app especially useful. We never stop learning new words, and the Magoosh vocabulary app includes words that would be challenging even for native speakers!

FluentU

This language learning website and app is designed to get you comfortable with everyday English by combining all the benefits of complete immersion and native-level conversations. Its lessons are based on authentic videos—everything from movie trailers to inspiring talks to news reports—with added learning tools like interactive subtitles (字幕).

Blinkist

Blinkist has summarized books on many different categories, including science, parenting, entrepreneurship, psychology, politics and education.just to name a few of the 27categories available. To top it all, each summary has its own native audio available! So if you don’t feel like reading but still want to know why everybody is reading Make your Bed by William H. McRaven. just press play and close your eyes.

Go Correct

Go Correct will send you one question every day from Monday to Friday. You have to answer it by using 70 words or less, and a language teacher will correct your answer and send you feedback. You can choose to get intermediate, advanced or business-related questions. and if you don’t make many mistakes, the number of words you can write goes up to 80.

【推荐2】Looking for charming summer celebrations? Then forget parties in Los Angeles — California's small towns have some of the coolest festivals around.

Wanderlust Festival

If summer travel for you is more about the mountains than the beaches, go to the Wanderlust Festival near Lake Tahoe in late July, which is about yoga, music and so much more. There are guided sunset hikes, huge concerts, farm-to-table dinners, fitness lectures, and camping choices at a height of 8,200 feet. If yoga is your thing, you can choose from daily classes like paddle-board yoga, hip-hop yoga, and any other styles you can imagine.

Northern Nights Music Festival

If you love music festivals, the Northern Nights Music Festival in late July is your choice. In addition to electronic music, the festival has yoga classes, galleries, a campsite in the woods and a silent disco. But the best part has to be the lively stage set up next to the two big swimming holes where visitors float, dance, and play in the river all day. Don't forget yow sun cream.

Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapallooza

Mammoth Lakes, near Yosemite National Park, take this festival to a whole new level. Their four-day Beer and Bluesapallooza Festival in early August has more than 80 beer factories offering tastings and two stages of music with major blues performance. With daily festival buses, no-cash payment systems and local food vendors (小贩), this is a must-visit festival when traveling in California.

Ventura Surf Rodeo

It may not come as a surprise to see a surf festival on a list focused on California, but this one is a bit different: it's a surf rodeo (竞技表演).It's totally focused on fun. And competitors will be randomly given an old surfboard to see how long they can ride the biggest waves. If you prefer to stay on land, you'll be treated to live music, beer tasting, and different fun competitions.

【推荐3】TIFO Has Openings Now!

Current Openings

Researchers/ Authors:

Do you love learning new things? Are you great at research and at digging out interesting details? Can you clarify a complex topic and reduce dozens of pages of notes down to something anyone can understand in writing? Are you open to constructive feedback on your research and writing? Then you just might be the one we’re looking for.

Job Description

Super in-depth research on a variety of topics followed by turning all that research into a well-written and entertaining article on the topic and interesting related details.

Pay

If you're local to Washington State, likely this will be an hourly or a salaried job. If outside of Washington, likely a per article job for various tax reasons.

Notes:

● Slight preference will be given to those local to the Bellingham area (TIFO headquarters).But at the end of the day, we're looking for the best people.

● Slight preference will also be given to someone who is a fluent native or equally fluent in Latin American Spanish. But, again, we're looking for the best people, so this is not a requirement either.

Submitting Application

Submit your resume to daven@todayfoundout.com with Application-Author in the subject line. If you've written things like we do here before, feel free to submit your best examples too. Or if you haven't, perhaps research and write on something interesting and then submit it. Don't just repeat what you've read on .xyz sites in your own words.