Service Hours Reflection I completed service hours in the under served section at the Bartlett House. The Bartlett house was founded in 1985 as a nonprofit organization. The Bartlett house‚ a homeless shelter that has been located on University Avenue since 1990‚ serves Monongalia County and surrounding areas. It is open seven days a week and 365 days a year. It can house 34 men‚ women‚ and children. Homelessness has increased the past several years in the state of West Virginia and it’s
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living for years to come. Government assistance was initially created during the great depression of the 1930s‚ the devastation on families during that time was life threatening. With the men out of work families needed help‚ with food‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ “these we desperate times.” The federal government stepped in to help these people‚ mostly women‚ children‚ and the elderly. Before this time Americans prided themselves on work ethic‚ self-reliance‚ and hard work to support their own families‚ many
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Adebola Atitebi Mr. Sudol College Essay 11/8/12 My Greatest Influence Today‚ I look back on all the wonderful memories of my childhood‚ and all of the memories my mother and I share. I remember always going out to shop‚ play games‚ and watch movies with her. We always used to watch the movie “Enough” by Jennifer Lopez because the movie’s storyline is similar to my mother’s life. About five years ago‚ I had asked my mother why my father was not around and why I had only seen
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People with HIV People with HIV Sharaka Nelson University of Phoenix People with HIV Not too long ago in the distant past‚ a deadly virus called HIV put a damper on the health industry. This virus wreaked havoc and everyone was on edge due to the ignorance of this disease and its process. The race was on to discover a drug to help people with this deadly virus to live longer and productive lives. Today‚ people are living longer with this virus‚ for instance: if
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In this task I will be discussing two organisations‚ one of which is a profit making business‚ and the other being a non-profit making business. I will also compare and contrast the two organisations. The two companies I will be talking about is Tesco Plc and Oxfam. Tesco (founded in 1991) is a public limited company which deals in the sales of goods ranging from food to clothing and electronics. The company is well known globally holding their business 12 countries including places such as Korea
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breed-specific adoption groups as well as leaving special requests with their local shelter. Adoption of cats is also important‚ however‚ the focus of this paper will be on dogs. Adoption of animals helps to decrease euthanasia rates‚ the rate at which healthy animals are killed because they are unwanted. Dog Adoption According to Shelter Survivors‚ lucky are the dogs who are adopted from shelters as 64% of them‚ abused‚ neglected‚ and abandoned‚ are euthanized because of lack of
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program progress and to discuss ways to coordinate limited resources. In 2000‚ New Beginnings served more than fifteen hundred homeless with nearly one-third of them being single women. Most had limited incomes and more than half were without shelter. By providing education and housing‚ The Anger Management for Homeless Women Project will help end the problem of homelessness for this target community. The New Beginnings programs are helping to ensure a healthier lifestyle and provide an alternative
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history of the nonprofit sector is not as specific and straightforward. It is believed that charity and philanthropy which eventually shaped the nonprofit sector began during the early human civilization where the hunters hunt‚ gather food and provide shelter for each other. In Carl Milofsky’s (1979) “Not for Profit Organization and Community”‚ proposed that there were six traditions of American participation that shaped the nonprofit sector. They are (1)Protestant Patrician‚ (2)Urban Ethnic‚ (3)Free Professional
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By Krishna Chaitanya.E Assistant Professor of English MGIT‚ Hyd. UNIT –IV DISASTER MANAGEMENT THE CUDDALORE EXPERIENCE (TEXT BOOK) Objectives of the Lesson To comprehend the magnitude of tsunami and its consequences in Cuddalore To know about the crisis management/disaster management To inspire to take up the social responsibility during nature’s fury To extend support during natural calamities To understand the role of rescue and relief operations To train how to open relief operations and
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Evelyn Perler Homelessness in America: A Research Paper Homelessness is the state of lacking permanent residence. This phenomenon is a result of many different factors including mental disease‚ illness‚ discrimination‚ loss of job‚ and/or inability to find work. Around 3.5 million people experience homelessness in a year in the United States of America. The homeless population includes males‚ females‚ and non-binary persons of all ages. About half of the homeless are single males. A quarter of
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