Community Service My community service experience took place in my local area in Sylmar. I was volunteering at Angels of the Valley‚ which is a facility that they take care of seniors and patients. I assisted the administrator‚ she showed me a lot of things and explained what is her role in her job. I found this very interesting. I believe that community service and volunteerism like this are very important. By spending your free time helping others in their community‚ you can experience and learn
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Stoen Mollman Mrs. Miles 11/4/16 College Success Being a college student we think that you can take on the world. Then as she/he‚ sits and pounders the thought of being able to get the dream job that they have being dreaming of since they were three feet tall and barley able to feed themselves. Now that we are old enough that we fit in our own clothes; being able to think for ourselves and flush after using the restroom. Our ego sits in and says I don’t need to prepare for my career before I get
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competitive cheerleading team‚ although next academic year I plan to be more involved with more organizations here at UNCW. I have already currently begun seeking out internships and job opportunities relating to my degree and career goals. By volunteering‚ seeking internships‚ and having a job will allow myself to be the best well-rounded person I can be. I feel as if not only being an excellent student‚ but also being an excellent individual will further assist me into getting into the occupational
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Aaron Wright 818046895 KNR 270 4/26/13 Service Learning Paper Volunteering at the SOAR agency was one of the coolest experiences I have ever had. I will be honest though‚ when I was first assigned the service hours I was not too thrilled about it. I had never worked with individuals who had disabilities before. I had been around them‚ but never worked or volunteered with them. Learning about all the disabilities in class was one thing‚ but actually going out and interacting with the
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Collegiate Scholars by holding toy drives for homeless shelters. Another service experience I’ve had is volunteering with the Sparrow Club in my hometown. The Sparrow Club helps
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Being of Service to Others One of the most important virtues that a person can have is offering service to others without any reward or self-gratification in return. One of the greatest to have ever held this remarkable virtue was Mahatma Gandhi. He was one of the most prominent freedom fighters in the world inspiring many as he helped free his nation from the scrutiny of oppression. His non-violent actions that benefitted the common good of his people and his nation are vastly known throughout
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I believe‚ as humans‚ we take aspects of life for granted; It’s a fatal flaw we all possess. Many of us are healthy‚ naturally smart‚ and grow up in ideal environments‚ but there are also many who do not. I am privileged enough to have grown up in a well rounded environment‚ so I have this frequent need to help others. I feel I would be taking my life for granted if not using it to help others. My application would be incomplete if I could not express how helping others makes me‚ me. I am known
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Having lived in a variety of countries‚ I have developed a level of interest and compassion for various communities and environments. I often felt like an outsider when my family and I would initially move to a new city. The unique experience of being able to look into a community or society from the outside allowed myself to not only appreciate but also analyze my surroundings. Growing up in South Korea‚ California and Louisiana‚ due to my father’s work‚ allowed me to appreciate different cultures
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fill the role of the nurse who was in the background‚ helping out by doing the small‚ unimportant jobs. I felt I was not good enough to fill a higher position. This was before I began actually assuming the role of a volunteer in my community. Volunteering at Lincoln County Mercy Hospital has taught me a lot of lessons and skills. I began on the MED/Surg floor. I was there to wait hand and foot on the patients and make as many copies as the nurses need. But‚ I soon began to realize this was not the
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Evaluate the influence of two major theories of ageing on health and social care provision in relation to Mr Lee In this assignment I will be evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of activity and disengagement theory and how these theories can be applied to Mr Lee. When people get older they can take different approaches to aging and may have different theories that are relating to the aging process whether it being disengagement theory or activity theory. The elderly all deal with aging different
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