Lions Clubs International (LCI) is a secular service organization with over 45‚500 clubs and more than 1‚368‚683 members in 205 countries around the world founded by Melvin Jones in 1917. Headquartered in Oak Brook‚ Illinois‚ United States‚ the organization aims to meet the needs of communities on a local and global scale. History Lions Clubs International‚ a service membership organization of 1‚368‚683 members world-wide‚ was founded in the United States
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Pros and Cons of Gated Communities When you think of a gated community‚ what comes to mind? Probably things like safety‚ security‚ exclusivity‚ expensive homes‚ and more. But what else lies behind those gates? Privacy and Security Gated communities provide a lot of benefits to the residents that live within them. The number one reason people choose to live in gated communities is likely the security element.Because gated communities are private‚ they are more difficult to access than a
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the very least get a "feel" for actually helping people. I look forward to your responses. You can post your response in course sites. I will also observe many of your over the next few months to see if you seek out opportunities to volunteer! SERVICE is a part of social work! I agree that it may be difficult to have the desire or feeling to help others if you have never really have taken the time out to volunteer. Although I do empathize with this concern I can’t say that I have never contributed
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Youth Growing Up In Urban Communities Need Support Shirene Cirino- Mosley HSM/230 07/15/2012 Prof- Robin Van Kirk University Of Phoenix Youth Growing Up In Urban Communities Need Support In urban communities today‚ many youth fall short from what is really needed to grow up and live a successful life. This is due to the fact they are missing much needed guidance and support from their parents and families.
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Neighborhood Watch and its Effect on the Community The Neighborhood Watch program is one of the oldest forms of organized community crime prevention in the United States. Its history dates back as far as the late 1960s. As a method of fighting and preventing crime in residential communities‚ this program has shown to be very effective. This paper will cover the beginning of the Neighborhood Watch program‚ its growth up to the present day‚ and a few of its success stories. Neighborhood Watch
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INTRODUCTION community based organization are basically groups which are not profit oriented and conducts most of its duties if not all at the local level to ensure that lives of community members in which it is located or they are working is improved. Community based organisations deal with are wide range of fields in their service delivery to the residents of a given community. Some of the fields that they majorly focus on are: education‚ rights of the disabled‚ health‚ and gender issues just
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Since the inception of America’s Community Colleges‚ the American society has become better educated. The community college system has educated more than forty percent of the United States population. In addition‚ the community college system has increased at four times the rate of four-year colleges and universities‚ however the community college system‚ because of their “open-door” policy‚ has enrolled a disproportionately large share of college students of color and first-generation students
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that will solve the old and same problems experienced by the people in our area. A program that will inset active community participation through voluntary work‚ for this program will let the people see the importance of a flood free and a clean living community. Problem : The number one problem in our community is flood. This problem is not new to the people in the community because it has been experienced several years ago and yet there is no solution being made. Problem is‚ people are
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Honestly. What is the point of this? I have so many things that I’d rather be doing in my spare time than going out in the public to do some stupid service learning project. Those were the exact words that flowed through my head while the assignment was being explained to the class. Even though I was not excited about this project in the least bit‚ I knew that it had to be done and it had to be done right. I was really hoping to work with kids and bring in a cool black light to show them some germs
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Organizations In Community Development Visit PD&R’s Web Site www.huduser.org to find this report and others sponsored by HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R). Other services of HUD USER‚ PD&R’s Research Information Service‚ include listservs; special interest‚ bimonthly publications (best practices‚ significant studies from other sources); access to public use databases; hotline 1–800–245–2691 for help accessing the information you need. Faith-Based Organizations In Community Development
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