The Boys and Girls Club of America helps thousands of Americans each year as a daycare‚ escape from home‚ way to meet new friends or to eat a sustainable meal that they wouldn’t be able to get at home. Another way that the Boys and Girls Club benefits kids is by having organized sports where the players can develop competitiveness‚ teamwork and become coachable. As someone who volunteers at the Boys and Girls Club I am able to experience all of the good that goes on both within and outside of business
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People have called me a mama’s boy all of my life. I freely admit that I still am a mama’s boy to this day‚ even though my mama has been dead for 17 years. I talk to her every day as if she were still here with me. My fondest memory of she and I together was the time she told me that we were going out for a drive. I was only twelve at the time. I didn’t know where we were going‚ nor did I care. I was with mama‚ and that was all that mattered. My older brother and sister knew what was going
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The story‚ “Boys and Girls”‚ by Alice Munro illustrates the narrator and protagonist character‚ a nameless little girl‚ as a round character‚ with traits such as her endurable strength against the hardships and inequality in her own society. Thus‚ we are shown her firm views toward life‚ her rather contrasting views toward her own family members‚ and the significance of her hopes and dreams. Unlike other young girls‚ Munro’s protagonist had rather obstinate views toward life. Having grown up in
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When people hear the words Boy Scouts of America‚ most assume that all the scouts are males. Most of them are‚ but not all of them. I joined and I’m female‚ I am part of Venture Crew 575. Venturing is a co-ed branch of Boy Scouts of America for adventurous people ages fourteen through twenty-one to challenge themselves while giving back to their community. I had been a Girl Scout from kindergarten through eighth grade‚ when my troop disbanded. During my freshman year of high school‚ I began to miss
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In “Indian Boy” (Sherman Alexie) and “Blaxicans” (Richard Rodriguez)‚ both of the authors show how immigrants helped shape American culture by leaving their culture to help shape a better culture for themselves. The texts by Sherman Alexie and Richard Rodriguez both show how they are based on how they both abandoned their culture behind to help shape a better one for themselves. They also did not leave their culture so they can shape a better one but they also abandoned their native people meaning
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of pride‚ community‚ and accomplishment are spinning through my head. This is the culmination of my Boy Scout career. I thought back to the beginning of the week when this all started. Two friends and I climbed out of a car‚ stretching our legs and gathering our luggage. It was Sunday‚ and the end of our two day journey from my hometown in Connecticut to The Summit‚ a high adventure/service Boy Scout camp in West Virginia. The anticipation I had felt during the long trip quickly changed to apprehension
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adults that do not enjoy what they do‚ and have to tread to work every day. Then‚ there are those who absolutely love what they do‚ and are blessed to be able to do it. A big obstacle one faces is typically the separation of class. In “Bricklayer’s Boy”‚ Lubrano aspires to be a journalist. His father is a blue collar bricklayer who set aside his dreams and provided for his family; he knew Lubrano was not a blue collar fellow‚ but thought he should make better of himself in advertising. Bullheaded
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Throughout the course of the book‚ Robinson was consistently victimized by the citizens of his predominantly White town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. Tommy Lee Hines is a 26-year-old mentally retarded citizen of Decatur‚ Alabama living in America in 1978. He was convicted for the rape of a White woman. Hines is an unaware victim in the struggle for civil rights. Tom Robinson and Tommy Lee Hines are good examples of people who have been judged unfairly over things they could not control. Their race‚ ability to express
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internship online provided by a program called Hire LA Youth. To my surprise I got the internship which was a exciting moment because I realized it would be my first real job experience . I had the choice to work at various locations but I chose the Boys & Girls Club because it would be a way to give back to my community. I knew this would be challenging since kids can be very difficult to work with and it’s a great responsibility I had many task. At library I would tutor the kids and help them improve
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In The Beach Boys song “God Only Knows‚” the singer declares his everlasting love and contemplates life without his partner. Several literary elements demonstrate that the lyrics could very well serve as poetry. The song is told from the first person point of view. "Poets who write in the first-person point of view allow the reader to experience the imagery of a poem through the direct perception of the narrator" (Cascio). These lyrics are written so tenderly and deeply that you feel like a private
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