My firsthand health related volunteer experience happened when I joined the Home and Community Club at my university. Our club mission was to seek out volunteering opportunities to help our community and the rural area communities in need with educational‚ cultural‚ and environmental support. During the summer break in 1999‚ our club had engaged in a significant and meaningful project to volunteer in delivering some basic health care services and training to Hmong villages in Chiang Mai. In Thailand
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they should be enforced to participate in volunteering. On September 30th 2011‚ Ms. Pham Phuong Thao started to share her opinions about this concern by writing the “Student- Help Our Country” article in Community Action Blog spot. On the contrary side‚ one month after that by 3rd October 2011‚ Mr. Andy Nguyen has posted “Student Deserve Choice” article on the same Blog space. These two authors represent completely different views on the topic “volunteering and students”. The aim of this essay is
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for the Homeless 2201 P Street‚ NW Washington‚ DC 20037-1033 http://www.nationalhomeless.org Tel. 202-462-4822 Fax. 202-462-4823 Email. info@nationalhomeless.org Homelessness Among Elderly Persons Published by the National Coalition for the Homeless‚ September 2009. When thinking about homelessness‚ the elderly people issue doesn’t immediately come to our mind. Homeless elders‚ although increasing in numbers‚ continue to be a forgotten population. The poverty rate in 2008 (13.2 percent) was the
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Top Ten Problems the Elderly Face With Transportation Add to my favorites Print Jan 17‚ 2011 | By Walt Pickut Top Ten Problems the Elderly Face With Transportation Photo Credit Jupiterimages/BananaStock/Getty Images You might be called elderly if you are older than 60‚ by some definitions‚ and your physical abilities might start limiting your freedom to go where you want to go when you want to go there. For instance‚ according to a 2011 report by statisticians at Caregivers Library‚ there
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forget that other people could use a hand as well. Another underlying factor may be that many of us are not raised around charity. Instead of volunteering at shelters‚ America’s youth is often found at sports practices or at home fidgeting with technology‚ and until recently‚ I was no different. Tuesday‚ December the eighth‚ I had my first experience volunteering. As an active member of Webster County High School’s Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) club‚ I decided that I would leave archery
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that I had never done before and I wanted to lend a helping hand. When I first came up with the idea of volunteering at a nursing home‚ I wanted to help out with activities and meet with some of the residents. At first it was challenging because I was extremely shy; however after getting to know the residents a little better‚ I started to feel more comfortable around them. My goal in volunteering was to bring a smile to the residents by doing different activities from word games‚ to playing chess
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Ever since I was a child I was always inspired to help others. Whether it was volunteering or donating or even taking a survey to give my perspective‚ as long as it was helping someone and making a difference- I always enjoyed it. So going into high school year‚ I took the initiative of volunteering. Volunteering at the Yale Hospital since high school for four years truly changed me as a person by helping me grow as a better leader. I came out of my comfort zone and the program gave me an opportunity
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get dressed‚ or eat each day. These types of issues are what the elderly go through everyday. There are many issues which the elderly go through everyday ranging from mental to physical to issues which one has no control over. A few of the basic concerns for the elderly are health (chronic disease)‚ death‚ and loneliness in which every older person will have to deal with one of these at some point in their life. If the elderly are lucky one would only have to deal with one of the three major concerns
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An action plan is a “sequence of steps that must be taken‚ or activities that must be performed well‚ for a strategy to succeed” (Businessdictionary 2013). The Context of Action Plan is to list skills that an individual want improve on these skills that would link in to employability skills. Skills such as self-motivation‚ communication‚ leadership and organisational skills. An action plan should set out to active short terms goals and long term goals by identifying area which an individual needs
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For many people‚ volunteering seems like a waste of time. While it seems like something nice to do for the community‚ it can be hard to fit volunteering into a student’s schedule. While students volunteered at a rate of 31.2 percent in 2004‚ this number dropped to 26.1 percent by 2010. While most students are not volunteering today‚ they are missing out on professional‚ personal and health benefits. 1. Improved Resumes One of the most obvious reasons to volunteer is because it improves the student’s
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