Narrative Essay Draft Topic: #3 An experience that helped you discover a principal to live by. Buddha once said‚ “Instead of judging a man by his appearance‚ look inside their heart‚ and read what it is their soul wrote.” I was raised in a family‚ which at times‚ could be very judgmental of people. My family lived in an upper-class neighborhood where there was no poverty or homelessness. My parents made sure my brother and I had all the best clothes‚ the newest cell phones and laptops‚ they spent
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community gardens and other small tasks similar to that. I did not enjoy volunteering because I was too young. I was forced upon something that I did not want to do. I just wanted to have fun and did not understand the concept of community service. Now that I am done with Girl Scouts‚ I have moved on to a different stage of my life. I now know that volunteering is worth the time and effort. After years of taking up various volunteering positions‚ I have finally found one that means something to me‚ one
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It was a fiercely cold Christmas Eve night‚ somewhere around twenty degrees and from watching the weather it was likely to only get colder as the night progressed. Looking out the front window‚ the ground was covered in powdery white snow‚ sparkling‚ like it had glitter in it. I took in the brilliant sight right in front of me‚ it was‚ for lack of a better description‚ magical. Even the road that had not yet been driven on was covered in a perfect blanket of snow‚ but something else caught my eye
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Devin Felder Miss Coles World Religion 8 December 2011 Three Different Religious Views on Serving the Homeless People who practice Buddhism believe that giving is a major foundation of their lifestyle. They believe that being generous is very important and to be taken seriously. “Compassion and love are not mere luxuries. As the source both of inner and external peace‚ they are fundamental to the continued survival of our species” (His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama). They see serving
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Long Island‚ New York. We left at 3:00pm on a Friday when I came home from school. We took the N22 bus to the train station and when coming of the bus it smelled disgusting. It smelled like urine because well we were underground and there were many homeless people. It was hot down there so we could smell person’s sweat. We were walking through the station a long time because there were a lot of people there. We found that the train we wanted which is the Brooklyn 2 train just left so we had to wait
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you feel if you were homeless and you couldn’t find a place that would accept you. Or you had to walk 30.2 Miles just to get to the nearest homeless shelters but yet you have no map to know how to get there. That is how many homeless people in michigan feel Because majority of the homeless shelters on on the east. Many LBTGQ people are either denied a home due to the way they are or are unable to join homeless shelters because of the way they act. We need to help the homeless by providing temporary
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Reflection Paper Volunteering at East Lansing Health Care for elder people Trough _____________ class I learned about the opportunity to volunteer at East Lansing Health Care for elder people. So far‚ I and have spent 15 hours helping the elderly at the institution. Every day senior people face obstacles that they need help with. First‚ it is hard for many of them to move and they need help with doing regular things. Second‚ senior people have much to say and they require moral support. By socializing
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for the past 6 years and she has been nothing but joy and love to us. Before Carol came to Dream Center she had been homeless for eight years after removing herself from an abusive relationship of fifteen years. Carol found herself lost confused and broken with no place to go. She stayed in shelters however soon realized that she was safer sleeping on the streets. In these shelters she endured many altercations‚ countless belongings stolen‚ and worst her life in endanger on multiple occasions. Carol
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are significant. For example The National Coalition for the Homeless has a few different types of educational programs. One of their most effect programs is Outreach Runs. This program allows groups to bring and distribute socks‚ hotel size toiletries and bottled water to those living in parks and on the streets. In winter‚ groups bring clothing like thermal underwear‚ socks‚ gloves‚ hats‚ and jackets ("National Coalition for the Homeless"‚ 2014). When evaluating the benefits of this program‚ it is
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Homelessness is a prime concern of some major policies. Broad range of definitions has been used to classify the people in homeless category under relative categorization of poverty. Change in classification criteria has increased the number of people who are viewed as homeless. This requires reassessment of criteria to define the people who need to be viewed in homelessness category. Homeless people are classified based on the access to proper housing‚ low-cost housing construction policies‚ and the quantity
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