Community Service Essay

Since the ambulance station already acted as a community center for the townspeople, it was an outlet for employment and educational opportunities. However, we still encouraged them to go to the hospital if they felt they needed to go. And when the emergencies did arise, we still utilized the skills…

seeing if there was one for me. There were some that peaked my curiosity, and there were those that I felt indifferent towards. Finally, I came upon one avocation which I really connected to. The activity I was keen towards and avid about was community service. One of the first events I volunteered at was the St. Louis Go Marathon. Some of the tasks I would have the opportunity to partake in included setting up…

In the last few years, I have been struggling with finding the balance between showing compassion but being truthful about the behaviors that lead people into difficult situations. As a minister and a leader, you confront this on a daily basis. You want to show mercy and compassion because after all, the gospel is all about love! But you also want people to change for the better. And you can’t do better unless someone points out what you are doing wrong that’s causing drama and problems in…

school students have taken the community service requirement to court. Recent years have found to bring about the requirement of community service for high school graduation. Responses this has been a mixed bag. Sarah Sparks arguing in the article, Community Service Requirements Seen to Reduce Volunteering, that community service reduces long term volunteering. Whereas Robert Grimm and Suzanne Goldsmith, in the articles, The Health Benefits of Volunteering, and, The Community Is Their Textbook:…

high school for community service is Key Club. Key Club is an activity that I started my freshman year of high school and have finished out through all years of schooling. Key Club is basically community service and our best interest is to help others and donate to establishments that are in need. One activity the Key Club participated in this year was Coats for Kids. We collected used, new, and semi-new coats that could be given to children or people in need. Another community service project…

really the only social service agency within the community. It has been providing services to Fishtown and the Philadelphia area since 1902. The services since then may have changed but it’s core mission of “empowering individuals, families, and communities to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency through an integrated program of social, educational, and advocacy services” has not ("History | Lutheran Settlement House | Empowering Children, Adults, Families, and Communities Since 1902," n.d.).…

process of the helping relationship (Saleebey, 2013). A community needs assessment is designed to find the strengths a community possess, as well as any resources it has available. An assessment may be conducted to the best way to address the needs present in that community. This assessment can be in the form of survey handouts, focus groups, interviewing those who are invested in the community or leaders in the community The community that will be discussed is the Guatemalan-Maya Center in…

Community service has always been a priority in my life, with this scholarship I will have more time and freedom to pursue my philanthropic goals. As a Diversity Scholar I currently volunteer 10- 12 hours a year for the Department of Community Engagement and Multicultural center on campus. Yet, due to my demanding work schedule I am unable to participate in many other community service projects. However, if selected for the Shawn Carter foundation scholarship I plan to meet the 25hr/ of…

Anchor institutes are enterprises which are firmly rooted in their communities and typically non-profit organizations such as universities and hospitals (Taylor & Luter, 2013). They have a deep seeded interest in their community, to ensure the safety and health of its members, and perseverance of success of their community. As shown by Taylor and Luter, anchor institutes contain four aspects: “spatial immobility, corporate status, size and the anchor mission: social purpose, democracy and…

Service Provider. We interviewed Katie Neal, a house manager at Lydia House, a Faith based organization which provides housing and supportive services to women who are struggling financially, have a history of addiction, and/or relational problems. When we inquired about the local community, Katie explained that although the city of Signal Hill has come a long way, the neighborhood continues to struggle with chronic homelessness and violence; sharing that a few weeks earlier, a shooting took…