Yesenia Rodriguez 12-5-2011 Reflection Essay Duchesne Scholar As one of the coordinators of the St. Stephen’s AIDS Dinner I feel it’s every individual’s responsibility to help others in their community and beyond. The weekly routine is to travel into New York City to help serve food at Stephen’s church to men and women who suffer from AIDS. The women and men who attend the Saint Stephens AIDS dinner are in a way people who have lost many things in life due to their illness. In many
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The Possible Positive Effects of Community Service As I walk to school‚ I see another wall with graffiti‚ trash on the streets‚ and a woman walking around with no sense about her. While Riverside County has some nice areas‚ there are also unkempt neighborhoods. I believe in Eggers points in Serve or Fail‚ about some of the possible positive effects of community service. Although he states many views about students stepping up and helping the community‚ I agree with three possible positive effects
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Without community service people would not know the meaning of charity and giving back. It creates a better society and helps improve one’s individuality. Community service carries a reward that is beyond the obvious and tangible. Volunteerism is no longer just a résumé padder for college applications; it has become a graduation requirement for high school students in hundreds of school districts across the nation. Some say that requiring students to volunteer as a part of the graduation requirement
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My Community Service Experience During my community service project‚ I learned and experienced many new things‚ such as working with a diverse group of people‚ sensitivity‚ and how fortunate I am. There were many Jackson State University students that I did not know before my community service project. I met new people and learned about their many back rounds. Moreover‚ I learned how to work in harmony with others of my status. While completing my project‚ I experienced an abnormal feeling termed
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Community service paper This is my first time do community service. I think it is a good thing. Many think that community service is just something you are forced to do for school. To me‚ community service is a way of giving back. I like making people feel as though they matter‚ and it gives me a warm feeling at the end of the day because I feel I have made a difference. I grow as a person each time I do community service. When I was in China‚ I didn’t do much community service‚ and‚ I do not
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What is Community Service Community service is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institution. Community Service is when someone performs an action which benefits his or her community. History - Community Service Society was formed in Albany‚ New York during 1939 by the merger of two venerable social service agencies The New York Association of the Condition of the Poor (founded in 1843) and The Charity Organization Society (founded in 1882) What is the
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Should public schools require their students to perform community service? “We can do no great things‚ only small things with great love” – Mother Teresa. It is the honest truth that no one person can change the world‚ but if everyone comes together with a big heart to stand up for a common cause it could become revolutionary. We teenagers and young adults are the future of this nation and we need to work hard to make living here more pleasant for the less fortunate. Everyone needs a push to do
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The concept of requiring community service of college students as a requirement for graduation is based on the idea that communities and individuals can be helped in their development through volunteer service. Community service provides the opportunity for students to share their knowledge‚ skills‚ and abilities with someone who might not have benefited from such actions otherwise. Community service should be a requirement for college graduation because it helps to alleviate problems of society
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In the past few years I have observed that many students have little or no experience volunteering. I would like to hear from each student in a 900 word essay the following: Most students state they want to help people? How do you know that if you have never volunteered? Please explain in great detail. Merely wanting to help and be kind is not enough. If you really want to help people‚ what are your reasons for not having volunteered in some manner‚ to at the very least get a "feel" for actually
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In preparing to do service‚ I learned a great deal about what it would mean to do my first community service. I first had to learn that in order to do my service successfully‚ I had to be willing to make some sacrifices‚ my time and energy in particular. I knew that that would be difficult‚ but ultimately‚ I was able to summon the ability to do that. Through my activities‚ I developed‚ first and foremost‚ the ability to connect with younger children. I feel that the kids I worked with
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