InterVol’s FAB primary goal is to teach through doing; providing an opportunity for civic engagement and service learning through ongoing volunteer activities.

Definition: Civic engagement is individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern. Civic engagement can take many forms, from individual voluntarism to organizational involvement to electoral participation. It can include efforts to directly address an issue, work with others in a community to solve a problem or interact with the institutions of representative democracy.  ~ Source: Michael Delli Carpini, Director, Public Policy, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Definition: Service-learning is a "course-based, credit-bearing educational experience that allows students to (a) participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs and (b) reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of civic responsibility" (Bringle & Hatcher, 1995, p. 112).