Introduction: We have all felt like we were starving before‚ right? Sometimes you skip a meal and your stomach may start to growl? Well there are people all over America who have to go starving every day‚ and in this case‚ children. I’m hoping that today everyone in this room will leave feeling a little more informed on the topic of child hunger. After researching the topic After studying Child hunger in America‚ I’d like to talk about How many children go hungry in America? What being starving
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shelter 30. stop to have a conversation with a homeless person 31. give an inspiring book to a struggling friend 32. leave your favorite book in a public place with a note 33. donate books to your local library 34. visit an animal shelter 35. volunteer at a soup kitchen 36. build a home with Habitat for Humanity 37. mentor local youth 38. pay for the person behind you at the drive-thru 39. buy dessert for someone eating out alone 40. pick up the tab for a random table at a restaurant 41. put $10 on a random
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When going to college today‚ it costs a fortune just to earn a degree. Instead of charging so much for tuition‚ students should be able to volunteer through service-learning‚ and pay for college through the services they provide. By volunteering‚ students would benefit the professors‚ themselves‚ and the community‚ as well as the school. Students could participate in this program‚ and not have to worry about working through school‚ professors would be able to keep up with grading‚ and communities
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is something everyone should do at least once in their life. Volunteering is a great way to give back to your community and the sense of pride you feel afterwards is like no other. There are numerous charity organization with which a person can volunteer. For example‚ The Salvation Army‚ The Red Cross‚ United Way‚ Meals on Wheels‚ etc. All charities help with different things. Some help feed and provide for the homeless. Others help with disaster relief. Organizations like The Salvation Army
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Gowtham Muthumani Discuss some issue of personal‚ local‚ national‚ or international concern and its importance to you. Mahatma Gandhi once said‚ “Poverty is the worst form of violence” he wanted to raise awareness for the struggles of poverty. Millions are suffering‚ to this day‚ from this heartbreaking epidemic. The real problem lies in the fact that poverty can be eradicated‚ by putting our minds and resources towards this cause. The number of those in poverty has been increasing every
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highest potential. My officer team and I have successfully put together many events for our community. One of our most effective events has been volunteering at my communities local soup kitchen. My team and I planned it out to where every Saturday we have ourselves and others from our school sign up to go and volunteer for a couple hours. Another thing that I have been able to apply my leadership
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from being such an issue. I am hoping to hold a canned food drive at my school and wish to donate the collected items to at least two shelters in the state of Arizona. In addition‚ I would love to gather a large group of people to help volunteer at a soup kitchen or any other homeless shelter and prepare their meals; I also hope to spread awareness of the severe issue of homelessness in order to bring it to people’s immediate attention. I believe if I make but one small ripple‚ I can start a wave
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identification system that Daily Bread uses for all of its guests to help ensure that donations reach as many people as possible. We provide coffee until 11am‚ when we open our doors for lunch. We provide a plate of hot food prepared daily by our volunteer cooks and staff. We stop serving at 2pm‚ when we begin tearing everything down and do cleanup. During the eating times we make our next-door shower facility available to those who have registered with
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The Gathering Place offers a place where hungry children and adults can come to share a hot meal. Food pantries are affected by rising costs and economic downturns in the same ways as other non-profit organizations. The Gathering Place depends on volunteer labor to operate but requires money to pay utilities‚ maintenance as well as buy the food that is not provided by food banks and other contributors. It is sometimes necessary to use the monetary donations to purchase food to ensure that all that
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Food for Thought As of 2005‚ hunger continues to be a worldwide problem. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations‚ "850 million people worldwide were undernourished in 1999 to 2005‚ the most recent years for which figures are available" and the number of hungry people has recently been increasing. The official poverty rate in the U.S. has increased for four consecutive years‚ from a 26-year low of 11.3%
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