I live in the beautiful small town of Eagle Point, Oregon. Our small community has a beautiful creek which runs right through our town; and although many people would say that our biggest environmental issue would be that our creek has an e-coli warning, I believe our communities biggest issue to be recycling.…
Trash, garbage, junk, debris-all alternatively known as litter-scattered across the 268,597 square miles of Texas on our highways and landscapes. Where former First Lady Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson aspired to see bright and colorful wildflower blanketing the great Texas countryside, oftentimes we only see disturbing amounts of garbage. This is what I aim to change. Through my school's Key Club I have had the opportunity to have a positive impacts in reducing the "over 435 million pieces of visible litter" covering "our empire wide and glorious." In the thirty-eight total service hours I have dedicated to both Texas Adopt-A-Highway and school wide recycling the amount of litter that myself and the generous volunteers…
some responsible volunteers to create a cleaning system, very near to the dam where we can…
We went to the Conodoguinet Creek to test the pollution levels of the creek. My hypothesis was If we check the pollution levels in the water, then we will find out that the water isn’t very polluted. You may be wondering, what are some of the causes of pollution? Well, the velocity of the water has a lot to do with the health. When the velocity of the water is faster, everything will be moving around more and there will more more dissolved oxygens. the mud and sediments won’t just stay there and it will just keep on moving so . Well, there are two main causes of pollution in the Conodoguinet creek, acidic rain and eutrophication. Eutrophication is the amount of nutrients in the water and it can be caused by runoff from land, sewage plants,…
One might wonder what a fifteen-year-old was doing standing atop a thirty-yard dumpster, chainsaw in hand, and yelling, "Give me more! It can hold more!" During my ninth grade year I saw an opportunity to complete my Eagle Scout project, helping the Lenape Valley Church remove massive piles of downed pine branches fallen during an early March ice storm, creating an eyesore and complaints from the local community. The project I was tackling was Herculean, and I, compared to now, very inexperienced at leading people. But it is Boy Scout’s duty to give back to his community and I had promised that the enormous piles of branches and snow would be gone before Easter.…
Since middle school, I have been involved in numerous local beach and river cleanup events. In Nature Academy I was able to design my own community service project. During 7th grade, I banded together with a few fellow classmates and we decided to clean up the streets of Felton one staple at a time. The state of the poles there were horrible; covered in the metal pieces from prior flyers posted there. After several weeks and hours, we had defeated the evil staples. In 8th grade, I had done some more community service on a smaller scale. By helping out in the community garden at school, I had helped the crops grow, that were then disbursed to families in need of fresh…
“Seattle Waste Utility faces a challenging new mission: not only is the agency tasked with its…
Your dedication to the electronic waste reduction and the accessibility of technology is creating a cleaner, more connected Portland community. Through Free Geek’s green mission, you have brought together hundreds of diverse volunteers (500-600 active). The passionate people you have brought together have gained valuable skills and have improved their ability to unleash the awesome power of digital solutions. You empower the Portland community through generous hardware grants, giving qualifying community change organizations the technology they need to continue their mission of goodwill. Volunteering at Free Geek is a rewarding experience, and we would like to spread your mission to the students at the Portland Community College (PCC) Rock…
At the start of high school, I learned that all students at my school were expected to perform sixty hours of community service before graduating. I hoped that my time would be well used, and that I could create a noticeable difference in someone else's life.…
The general principals for environmental cleaning are to ensure the hospital environment is as clean as possible to reduce the risk of infection, and that all precautions are taken in accordance to legislation and Healthcare policy’s and guidelines. “To prevent the transfer of micro-organisms which may cause infection, and to prevent the transfer of foreign protein which may cause adverse reaction and pose the risk of spreading diseases e.g. vCJD. “…
Helping my community is extremely significant to me, so I participate in many activities, in and out of school, that support our community, such as BETA club or Girl Scouts. In these activities I have learned that to…
Throughout my time as a part of National Honor Society and the entirety of my high school career, service has been the most important part of my experience. I have been required to participate in a small amount of service, but I have never felt as if it was enough. Because of this, I volunteer for many hours that exceed my requirements to give back to my community as often as possible. In pursuit of this achievement, I have worked on a variety of projects such as food and coat drives, children’s events, and habitat restoration projects. Each of these has given me something to take away from the experience and apply to my own life. Yet, one particular project has always had the greatest emotional impact on my life. This experience is Kenny’s…
Serving the environment was not my first appeal. When I was a little boy, I always wanted to grow up and be a firefighter. I used to watch videos about people who were in trouble. The firefighters would always come to ”save the day”. However, as I grew older I learned it would be a dangerous job. My next inspiration, was from my dad. He is an architect. I was inspired by his drawings and wanted to be just like him. However my mind was never set on anything. When I entered second grade, I learned to be more respectful to the environment. I began to think about brain boggling questions, such as, “what would our world become if we maintained our spread of pollution? These were just thoughtful questions and they didn’t resolve into anything then. Seven years later I was introduced to, MSEL, a charter school at Terra Linda. I knew being part of MSEL would be a great learning experience and I would still get to play high school sports at Terra Linda. Before I completed the application, I had many factors to think about. Three of these factors were, why would I want to join MSEL, what were my expectations for this school, and what were my educational goals when I became enrolled?…
Many people engage in community service project because they are either forced as a punishment or sentence. Others engage in community service out of Spirit of unselfishness, or a desire to connect with their communities by helping out. For me, it brings a sense of completeness. During the past few semester my team members and I have engage in different projects, Collecting food, clothes and donating to the homeless. In a way I’ve experience working the different organizations and helping the community. But with this particular project, it meant much more then collecting for the disadvantaged, It was about lending a hand and your heart to a community in need.. During my involvement in this fieldwork project I got the opportunity to offer my unconditional assistance for one day in a non-profit making community based project. The name of the project was Liberty City Construction, which is being undertaken by a Christian ministry organization whose aim is to improve the livelihood of low-income families through building affordable and decent houses at a 0% interest rate. The organization founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda fuller has built and rehabilitated more then 100,000 families in need, becoming the world leader in addressing the issues if poverty housing. They work in partnership with God and people everywhere, from all social, economic, and ethic group to expand communities with people in need by building an renovating houses so that everyone can experience God’s love and can live and grow in to all the God intends. For that particular day, three of my group members and I…
Doing this project immensely affected the environment in abounding ways. Picking up trash cleans the environment and the living things in…