Community service isn’t about padding one’s resume‚ it isn’t about doing things so that one might be proud and arrogant about it. But it is the dawning realization of to the greater understanding our humanity‚ our fragility and a greater appreciation of the great lives that so many of us lead and deem to be “normal” when it pretty much is extraordinary in its own respect relative to many other individuals around the world. I spent my hours‚ dedicated to Community service‚ as an intern at the North
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Yesenia Rodriguez 12-5-2011 Reflection Essay Duchesne Scholar As one of the coordinators of the St. Stephen’s AIDS Dinner I feel it’s every individual’s responsibility to help others in their community and beyond. The weekly routine is to travel into New York City to help serve food at Stephen’s church to men and women who suffer from AIDS. The women and men who attend the Saint Stephens AIDS dinner are in a way people who have lost many things in life due to their illness. In many
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The Possible Positive Effects of Community Service As I walk to school‚ I see another wall with graffiti‚ trash on the streets‚ and a woman walking around with no sense about her. While Riverside County has some nice areas‚ there are also unkempt neighborhoods. I believe in Eggers points in Serve or Fail‚ about some of the possible positive effects of community service. Although he states many views about students stepping up and helping the community‚ I agree with three possible positive effects
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words or less‚ define community service and its importance to you. Millard Fuller once said‚ “For a community to be whole and healthy‚ it must be based on people’s love and concern for each other.” Judging from Fuller’s quote‚ he’s absolutely right. Community Service is a bridge to make a difference in the community for a better brighter future. This bridge starts with the good deeds and hard work put forth by people who volunteer. Volunteers make a difference in our community by helping the people
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Student Teacher Subject Date Community Service as a Graduation Requirement While high schools should encourage students to participate in community service‚ it should not be made a graduation requirement. If students are forced to do community service they will develop a cynical attitude towards it. Requiring community service in high school will discourage future involvement. Cartoon number 11 points out that community service cannot make up for bad test scores and grades. If students were
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Community service paper This is my first time do community service. I think it is a good thing. Many think that community service is just something you are forced to do for school. To me‚ community service is a way of giving back. I like making people feel as though they matter‚ and it gives me a warm feeling at the end of the day because I feel I have made a difference. I grow as a person each time I do community service. When I was in China‚ I didn’t do much community service‚ and‚ I do not
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statement saying that there should be 60 hours of community service done‚ in order to graduate. I believe that if a student does community service‚ he or she should do it because he or she wanted to do it. Not because he or she was forced to do it. I think community service is done not only to help the community‚ but to get a sense of gratitude after you have willingly helped out the community on your own. After doing good things for your community‚ you realize how much you helped someone out‚ and
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In preparing to do service‚ I learned a great deal about what it would mean to do my first community service. I first had to learn that in order to do my service successfully‚ I had to be willing to make some sacrifices‚ my time and energy in particular. I knew that that would be difficult‚ but ultimately‚ I was able to summon the ability to do that. Through my activities‚ I developed‚ first and foremost‚ the ability to connect with younger children. I feel that the kids I worked with
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Should public schools require their students to perform community service? “We can do no great things‚ only small things with great love” – Mother Teresa. It is the honest truth that no one person can change the world‚ but if everyone comes together with a big heart to stand up for a common cause it could become revolutionary. We teenagers and young adults are the future of this nation and we need to work hard to make living here more pleasant for the less fortunate. Everyone needs a push to do
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1 Agency Visit Paper BSHS/332 Professional Ethics and Legal issues in Human Service In summer of 2011 I made a decision that would change my life to move from Southern California to Atlanta‚ Georgia. I was laid off‚ bored‚ and wanting a change in my life and with the support of my family and friends I made the move by myself. The first few months down there were a culture shock; I had no friends and no job. One I received a phone call to work for a nonprofit organization called
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