people believe that unpaid community service should be a compulsory part of high school programs (for example working for a charity‚ improving the neighbourhood or teaching sports to younger children) To what extent do you agree or disagree? Community service and pursuits such as charity work are praiseworthy and important ventures. There are both benefits for the individuals who are helped as well as for the volunteers. However‚ the issue of obligatory community service raises questions as to the
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Community Service Paper What I learned by completing 20 hours of community service? Michelle Erskine People get involved in community service for a variety of reasons. For example‚ there are many who suffer from starvation and need someone willing to make sure they receive the necessary nutritional values. There are elderly people in this world who are looking for someone to talk to‚ and someone to comfort them. There are many people in the world seeking a friend and others who are searching
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Community Service for the Elderly Waco is situated beside the Brazo River and I-35 between Dallas and Austin. Waco was an up and coming town raising in population and businesses until the devastating tornados hit. On May 11‚ 1953 a record tornado hit‚ killing 114 people‚ Injuring 600‚ more than 600 business and home were demolished. The Tornado left damages estimating at $41 million dollars. This is known to be the deadliest tornado in Texas history and the tenth deadliest in the nation. The town
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Community service is a great way to impact the world through simply being there to provide your service generously. Community service is a way to give back. Over this school year I have been able to do a lot. In my first year attending ROMC I thought that finishing that many hours were almost impossible. I even thought about changing schools back but overall it was the best decision and experience and I am very glad to be Bulldog. During this school year I’ve tutored others from my previous high
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I do not do a lot of community service‚ but when I do it is usually related to helping those who are less fortunate or those who have disabilities. My interest in such organizations began when I worked in the special interventions room in my high school. My earliest memories of volunteering come from helping out at the Shelby County Special Olympics. When it comes to community service I have a variety of strengths. One big strength is that I know everyone is different and instead of looking at this
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Vincent Hornberger 6/1/12 Religion Community Service For my community service I had done a variety of jobs. All of them have definitely helped out my community greatly though. Doing these hours has also changed me spiritually and helped me become closer to God because most of my jobs have been for charity. The following will be a list of jobs that I have done and what I had to do during them. My first job was working the Halloween party and that was a very fun job. The only
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Mandatory Community Service Ages 18 21 In requiring young adults between the ages of 18 and 21 to conduct mandatory community service within the United States‚ which would be pushed by the Federal Government‚ is a positive option I feel would benefit the aid of growing young adults. With today’s society many young adults are "blessed" with the privilege of not having to lift a finger’ in their entire lives while others have to work from day 1 to the end of their lives. Even though this type
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(a) What does community service/volunteerism mean to you? * I define volunteerism as a service performed for the benefit of others with little or no benefit to the person carrying out the service. One may volunteer for many reasons but these should not include expecting to receive an income or publicity for work being done. One benefit that a volunteer may have however is growing their knowledge base about the activity in which they are participating. One should think about the ways which they
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a. What does community service/ volunteerism mean to you? I define volunteerism as the act of willingly and voluntarily doing things to help others when you get nothing tangible in return for efforts. This may be done for a number of reasons which should not include gaining publicity for the individual initiating the activity. It is humbling and rewarding to serve others. I believe one can benefit from volunteerism by growing their knowledge base about the activity in which they are participating
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Volunteering and providing services to the community in which I reside is extremely imperative to me‚ because of this I take as many opportunities as I can to help out. Of all of the hours I have spent volunteering‚ one service in particular stands out the most. A few years ago I was invited to volunteer at my town’s local nursing home‚ I was skeptical at first‚ but I proceeded to accept the offer anyway. The date arrived‚ my group and myself entered the nursing home where we were welcomed with warm
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