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    I had no intention of becoming involved in community service. As a high school sophomore‚ I was required to complete five hours of volunteer work in order to join the National Honor Society. I cleaned and organized bookshelves at my local library‚ and that was that. Over the next year‚ I volunteered with school cleaning‚ dance set-up‚ and other events not out of graciousness or compassion‚ but solely to maintain my NHS membership. However‚ as a junior‚ a teacher nominated me for the United Way Youth

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    My community service was done at Goodwill Super store on 11/4/13-11/5/13. Goodwill is an organization that sells clothes‚ furniture‚ shoes‚ toys‚ decorations‚ curtains to almost anything you will find similar to a TJ Maxx store. But these items are donated from people who do not need their items anymore and these items will sell for much less than a retail store. Goodwill is mostly for people who can not afford the things that they need in life because they ay be struggling with a money problem

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    The debate on whether or not high school students should be required to complete community service has been a long ongoing discussion. Many are still split on the topic. While I believe high school students should be required to complete community service‚ I don’t think they should be required to complete three hours a week. Being forced to volunteer defeats the whole purpose‚ along with those who come from low income families find it pointless when they could be doing something similar and be getting

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    Do you feel community service is important to a community? Why or why not? Explain your answer in two or three paragraphs. Community Service is important for many reasons. Taking part and volunteering teaches compassion and understanding. One of my favorite things about community service is that there are opportunities and choices everywhere! You can volunteer for something you really believe and have an interest in‚ and can volunteer as much or as little as you ’d like or have time for. Since

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    What Motivates you?    What motivates me is quite a few things‚ but what motivates me the most is failure. Failure motivates me the most because I can learn from my mistakes‚ another reason failure motivates me is because it makes you stronger.         One reason why failure motivates me is because you can learn from it. You can look back on your mistakes and understand what you did wrong‚ you can fix the mistake if you get the chance or just learn from it and do better next time. When you succeed

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    In reality ‚(from ancient times to contemporary society从古代到现代) numerous facts and examples demonstrate that .Internal and external factors such us aspiration 渴望(desire ) for happiness‚wealth ‚fame (reputation) and pursuing fulfillment of belief ‚ambition and faith . Main body1: Undoubtedly 毫无疑问,ambition 理想 野心‚belief ‚信念 faith信念,are just like beacon灯塔to guide us to change ourselves as well the world . A good case in point is Nelson Mandela who was born in South Africa where social segregation

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    Volunteer Management Coordinating volunteers is a key challenge in rapid-onset disasters. Successful disaster response depends on agencies and authorities integrating volunteers quickly into a coordinated strategy. It also depends on good volunteer management and productive collaborations. The challenges our communities face cannot be met by any one organization alone. Successful collaboration requires all participants to carry their share of the workload while trying to maintain their own

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    appointed to different departments in which they are qualified to work on. When there is no one able to work in that department‚ it either gets shut down or they find someone who has similar qualifications until they are able to find an individual. What does this mean? This means that the individual is going to have more than one job performance and only receive the pay for whichever position they were working for beforehand. The university is trying to continue to function but without the proper

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    Should Volunteer Firefighters get paid for What They do? Volunteer firefighters risk their lives to save others. They have to question if risking their lives is truly worth it. Volunteer firefighters have a unique job because they need to respond to victims in need within a short period of time. Therefore‚ volunteers should be paid for their hard work. On Long Island‚ fire departments always have the newest gear‚ the nicest fire trucks or ambulances‚ and the biggest parties; but‚ they have

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    Work TAFE NSW Course Number: 11444 National Course Code: CHC41812 Training Package: CHC08 Community Services Course description Our Certificate IV in Youth Work is for you if you facilitate programs for young people through a range of community-based programs designed to address the social‚ behavioural‚ health‚ welfare‚ developmental and protection needs of young people. You will develop skills in community development‚ communication‚ empowerment of young people‚ cultural diversity and crisis management

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