Ever since I was a child I was always inspired to help others. Whether it was volunteering or donating or even taking a survey to give my perspective‚ as long as it was helping someone and making a difference- I always enjoyed it. So going into high school year‚ I took the initiative of volunteering. Volunteering at the Yale Hospital since high school for four years truly changed me as a person by helping me grow as a better leader. I came out of my comfort zone and the program gave me an opportunity
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community can leave an everlasting effect on a person mentally and spiritually. I’ve been volunteering for as long as I can remember. Volunteering has allowed me to gain leadership skills‚ people skills‚ and the ability to empathize with those that are less fortunate than I am. While I was in middle school‚ I volunteered at my community’s local non-profit organization called Raising Expectations. Volunteering at Raising Expectations was quite an experience. My job was to sometimes teach and assist
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Therefore‚ I decided to join the non-profit organization One Million Degrees‚ which provides educational resources‚ career development‚ and volunteering opportunities. I am a second year scholar and dedicated to volunteering my services even after graduation. One Million Degrees has been instrumental in helping me gain leadership experience through volunteering. For instance‚ I volunteered for “Comcast Cares Day” where I helped paint and clean classrooms at an elementary school located in my community
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early that day. I took a shower‚ got dressed‚ and put my make-up on in preparation. I was heading out to the nearby town of Attleboro. It was there that I would start my first day volunteering at the Food Kitchen of Hebron. After a thirty-minute ride‚ I had arrived. I walked into the building nervous about volunteering. I started off by wrapping bread loaves‚ bagels‚ and donuts in plastic wrap for the homeless to take with them once they left. After successfully accomplishing that task‚ I proceeded
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tenuous balance between work‚ family‚ and other non-work activities is thrown off most when overtime is mandatory (also referred to as "compulsory" or "forced"). Therefore‚ with the rise in household work hours and overtime‚ there is a growing need for limits on involuntary overtime. Labor laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) need to be amended to protect workers against mandatory overtime and to protect the public from the dangers of an overburdened‚ stressed workforce. Rather than
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Reflective Journal # 1 Volunteering this semester has enabled me to potentially make a positive impact in the lives of those who I come into contact with on Pediatrics at the Regina General Hospital. In my first two weeks of volunteering‚ I have already had many incredible opportunities to learn about what roles nurses‚ physicians‚ and how other support staff collaborate in aiding the healing process for the children. The First Experience During my first shift‚ I was going about cleaning up the
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One of the main reasons our prison systems have a problem with overcrowding is drugs. More specifically‚ the "war on drugs" started by President Reagan in 1982 brought a dramatic increase to the number of people put behind bars for drug offences. Mandatory minimum sentencing and truth in sentencing are two policies which have sent drug offenders to prison and kept them there for longer periods of time. The continuing crusade against drugs has apprehended hundreds of thousands of suspects who spend
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prison for drug law violations was growing at a rate faster than other offense types‚ the underlying behavior appears to have experienced little impact. Due to todays new consciousness about the unfairness and effectiveness of harsh crack cocaine mandatory sentences has emerged among policy makers and the United States Sentencing Commission. These unfair sentencing laws‚ have a dramatic effect on the cause of overcrowding in prisons for decades.
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controversial ballot initiative. Proposition 184‚ also known as the three strikes and you ’re out law‚ was passed on November 9‚ 1994. Under this new legislation repeat offenders‚ upon committing their third felony offense‚ will be sentenced to a mandatory twenty-five years to life in prison(California 667). The initiative passed by a landslide‚ with 76% of the voters in favor of it. The State Senate soon after voted the bill into law‚ with only seven members voting against it. The three strikes
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children need all of the new vaccinations? Should these vaccinations be mandatory? Today’s parents have turned out okay without the new vaccinations‚ so are they really necessary? Research done on both sides creates two sides to this issue. Some favor mandatory vaccinations while others do not support mandatory vaccination of children‚ yet both want what is best for chidren. Several sources provide reasons to support the mandatory vaccination of children. According to Kip Randall‚ a professor at the
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