involved in the community. It not only helps the organization itself but it also gives you the opportunity to get experience in the different sectors. Volunteers give out their personal time to the community without being paid and that is exactly what I got to do in one of my classes I am enrolled in at Brock University (SPMA 1P92). All students were asked to complete eight hours of volunteer work with a sport organization. I decided to complete my hours for the Niagara Rapids Volleyball Club in St. Catharines
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Homeless Youth: Demographics‚ causes‚ and the need for occupational therapy Homeless youth are typically described as being persons under the age of 21 that do not have safe housing with a relative or caregiver and have no alternative safe living arrangements (Reeg‚ 2003‚ pg. 55). According to research conducted by the US Department of Justice‚ in 2002 there was an estimated 1.69 million homeless youth in America. The proportion of males and females are quite equal with ages 15-17 comprising the
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When it comes to a school that will make a child volunteer and require it as a service for school then this gets out of hand. I view that forced volunteer is not making the child wanting to go out to the community and help just reject. First‚ this will make the students not want to invest in the community in the future. The term volunteer is to describe how the person takes time and does something that is for the greater good. I see that when a school takes it in their hand and makes the children
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Ms. Suazo (40yo) DOB 9/26/1977 met with Ms. Ijelu to conduct her intake assessment on 10/12/17 at 3:30pm. Ms. Suazo entered Rose McCarthy Shelter with her three children Gheistim Sanchez (21yo) DOB 4/17/1996‚ Lorna Bonilla (14yo) DOB 8/20/2003 and Deiby Zelaya (6yo) DOB 7/15/2011. Client stated that she became homeless because she was living with a sister but was unable to stay there due to overcrowding when her children came from Honduras decided to move to the United States. Housing History: Client
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Today‚ the problem of homeless people is rather a pressing one‚ and‚ unfortunately‚ is widespread all over the world. The reasons can be quite different: it can be a high rent for the habitation‚ low salary‚ mental disability or the loss of all the members of the family. When people are in such a difficult situation‚ they need to live further somehow and they have no other way out than to live in a small carton and beg for some money. The governments of different countries started different social
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Animals die in shelters every day. There are approximately 7.5 million animals added to shelters each year and of those‚ 2.5 million are euthanized. Society needs to be aware that fostering is a vital part of animal rescue. Each time an animal is featured on social media‚ people respond from all over the country to adopt it. For that one animal‚ the outlook is fantastic; however‚ for those left behind the outlook is much bleaker. If all of the potential adopters for that one animal fostered or adopted
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dressed‚ and went to school‚ work‚ or both. Then you came home‚ you had dinner‚ and went to sleep. These are all basic needs that many people in the United States today don’t have. Most people would agree that a day like this is fairly ordinary. Shelter‚ clothes‚ food‚ education‚ and family are all things that we usually take for granted and things that every person deserves. Now imagine your normal‚ everyday‚ routine being taken away from you. All in all you would essentially have my life. I have
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else’s‚ but one must attempt to keep moving forward. As we grow older we all experience instances of unfair injustice. However‚ it’s how we respond to these circumstances that determines whether or not we’ll be successful in life. You’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover‚ but a lot can be conveyed based off of one’s appearance. This image is an illustration of a stationary‚ yet moving story. You view the homeless man who seems discombobulated with life. A true testament that everyone grows
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and steal food from local stores and rob people. I got caught robbing one day and I was sent to jail. I got out a few months later and went to my former home in the projects and to my surprise my family had moved away. From that day on I have been homeless and living on the streets. There are various things I must do every day in order to stay alive. I stand on the street corners everyday in hope of getting spare change from someone or for people to just give me food. Other days I do what we
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Five Characteristics of an Effective Volunteer This Saturday I saw how our class helped people through the Hurricane Relief food drive and how people from the community volunteered some of their Saturday to help. As I watched all of these wonderful things occur I could see five characteristics that stood out to me in every volunteer. Confidence- trusting firmly; positive; bold Each person that came out on Saturday had a positive attitude that they could make a difference by devoting a little bit
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