where. The majority of the members of my community do look like me. My community has been predominately white for many years. The total population for my neighborhood is 63‚000 people. Of that number 34‚500 are whites‚ 16‚400 are African-Americans‚ 11‚900 are Hispanic‚ 2‚700 are Asians and 7‚000 are other races. The only way that members of my community look the same as I do is that we are all creatures of God. When you talk about members of the community looking different from me then we get into
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Importance of Service to the Church and Community By: Alex Gaffney Service to the Church is an important aspect of our Church life. We should all do this‚ as God calls us to do so. However‚ we shouldn’t limit ourselves to the Church. We should also serve the community‚ to be a good citizen of our country. Serving the community is also serving the Church because Jesus states we must treat others as we want to be treated. Serving the Church and community teaches moral values that are important
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Mrs. Shafer IU English 19 December 2011 Community Service as a Graduation Requirement A wise person once said‚ “If you light a lamp for someone else‚ it will also brighten your path.” This particular quote has helped me realize that not enough teenagers are helping their community become a more desirable place to live. Implementing community service into the senior project outline as a requirement would ultimately benefit the students and the community. Not only will the students become more aware
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Hunter-Gatherers and Settled Communities Hunter-Gatherers and people living in settled communities had differences‚ and some similarities. Hunter-Gatherers move around from place to place in search of food. Settled communities stayed in one place and grew crops and raised animals for food. Both nomadic Hunter-Gatherers and people living in settled communities had many advantages and disadvantages Hunter-Gatherers were people that migrate seasonally‚ live in family or tribal groups‚ and use
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Community is a word that is often used in modern day to describe people with similar experiences or beliefs. We use this word “community” to put a label on those we feel we resemble in some way. For the people in the trans community‚ we are all similar in our identity; that we feel as though we are not the gender that was assigned to us at birth. We have many different ways we experience our being trans‚ including different experiences and beliefs that can be polar opposites. The trans community
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. . A geopolitical community is defined by Maurer & Smith (2013) as "a spatial designation--a geographical or geopolitical area or place. Geopolitical communities are formed by either natural or human-made boundaries." A river‚ mountain range‚ or a valley may create natural boundaries. An example of this is most of the villages in Nepal‚ the country where I was born. Nepal is full of mountains‚ rivers‚ lakes‚ valleys and plateau. Most of the villages are naturally divided by hills‚ mountains and
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both our communities’ and nations’ ills‚ we have walked down a path which leads us away from being self-reliant and independent. Why can we not affect changes in our communities to everyone’s benefit when it is within our abilities? Why must we always ask the government for help to solve community problems when there are more serious national problems to be dealt with? These community problems would ultimately distract the government from focusing on national problems. Indeed‚ each community must be
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Kroc founded McDonald’s more than 50 years ago. Our communities give us so much in return not just by supporting our business but also by increasing our brand visibility and strengthening our relationships with our stakeholders. McDonald’s uses three key strengths – our scope‚ our people and our profits - to make a meaningful and lasting impact on the global communities where we live and work. The real strength of McDonald’s community involvement lies with GARSB and our franchisees who provide
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Community Organization Healthy Community I consider my community to be the Jordan Creek area‚ which is actually a little more diverse of a community than one would think. It’s a healthy community‚ but a confusing one. It’s part of Dallas County‚ the Waukee school district‚ and can also be incorporated with Polk County to somebody who isn’t sure where to place it. In this paper I will be discussing the types of community capital I believe exist in the Jordan Creek community‚ how social capital
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Do you feel community service is important to a community? Why or why not? Explain your answer in two or three paragraphs. Community Service is important for many reasons. Taking part and volunteering teaches compassion and understanding. One of my favorite things about community service is that there are opportunities and choices everywhere! You can volunteer for something you really believe and have an interest in‚ and can volunteer as much or as little as you ’d like or have time for. Since
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