Persuasive Essay On Community Service

Most students do community service just because it is required. Thus as soon as they do not have to do it anymore, then they are more likely to quit and not do community service again. In “The Downside of School Volunteer Requirements”, Lily Lou explains, “Not having volunteering requirements would not prevent anyone from volunteering, but it would encourage avid volunteers rather generating a larger number of uninspired volunteers who glance at the clock every few minutes.” High school administrations over look the fact that students are more likely to do be willing to volunteer if they are given the choice. Not only that, but when students are given the choice and choose to do community service they are going to be more beneficial to the cause, then if they were doing it because they had

Many People in our community believe that the police and government should be removing the homeless camp away from us. But I think that they should stay so we can come together as a community and help them out and try and get them back on their own feet. Helping them doesn't mean you have to come out and give them money, money isn't everything. Just having a connection with them would be good even just going out and helping supply groceries would be good if we come together as one community, we could easily just donate twenty to thirty dollars a piece and go shopping for them. Instead of kicking them out and sending them elsewhere, why don't we join a fundraising community by doing that we could do many events just a few a month and we could use that money that was earned to help them out. Think about the little kids that are in that camp with their parents and you just wanna kick and throw them out on the streets you don't care as long as they are away from you and your house you are fine. We don't

My project involved helping the children in the park to better their skills in Baseball. Many of the children that went to the park had no basic knowledge of playing baseball, so it was my job to help the professional trainers in teaching them the skills required to play the sport well. The original proposal included that I had to maintain the field in playable conditions, but I went ahead and added dirt as well as passed a rake to remove holes in the infield of the baseball diamond. I also had to help the smaller children in batting practice by simply pitching them ten balls each, but I took it a step further by telling them in which way to position their arms and how to better their hitting techniques.

At this moment, our once strong and united community is split. Why is it split? It’s split because of a recent issue that arose, and I’m sure you’ve heard of it. You see, about a month ago, a large group of homeless people moved into our neighborhood, and set up camp. Some people believe that these homeless people should be evicted, and others think we help them. Regardless of the side you’re on, you can’t deny that this issue is killing our amazing community. I want the days of old back, where we all could enjoy the community and not have to worry about piddling matters such as this. A decision needs to be made and fast if we want to preserve our community. I have made my decision, and today I‘m going to tell you why it’s the best decision. I believe we should not only let these homeless people stay, but we should all do our

Driving down the local china town in my area, a known site that inhabitants a large homeless population made me grasp a clear picture of how homelessness affects the community. The number of people without permit housing is increasing in the United States. The government should invest more resources to help the homeless population obtain jobs, temporary housing, occupational skills, and education.

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Over half a million people are homeless in the United States. These people are all around us including; loved ones, family, and friends. Most homeless people around the country are easily looked over. People tend to think it doesn’t affect them, so they shouldn’t have to help. Although helping the homeless is not required, it is definitely the right thing to do. Helping the homeless is not not always a group effort, although it can be, all it takes is one single person to make a difference. It should not be the fame that makes one want to help the homeless, it should be that warm fuzzy feeling inside that makes it feel like it is the right thing to do. It also does not take a huge donation of some sort to mean something to someone, it should be the things that actually have meaning behind them. It is the little things that matter the most.

Discussing about volunteering to teenagers should be the first step for a better life, since teenagers are the future of tomorrow and they will leave a mark from yesterday. Volunteering has been such an important matter, that schools in many countries around the world established that 12th grade students will need certain hours of community service in order to graduate. But the frequent answers all the schools are getting are “Why do I need to volunteer? I have better things to do!” What people are forgetting is that each one of them is part of a community, a community that is not perfect and that the government sometimes forgets about their problems or needs, because obviously the government needs to take care of other things that require more attention. People are not only helping others, they are also helping themselves (Volunteering).

Today we received a past due statement that is saying that our service will be interrupted on March 29, because they did not receive our payment of $322.56 Now we verified that the check #072027 is not cleared the bank, and I assume that this check is lost. I called to the electric company and they told me that we should pay the past due amount today or our service will be shut down tomorrow. Please advise how we can pay it today?

Some individuals do not realize how privileged they may be, while some individuals’ live in a bubble and thinks that everyone lives lavish or swell like they do. However, this is not the case. In the United States of American there are approximately forty-five million people or in other words there are about fourteen point fiver percent of people who live below the poverty line. That number may seem not that drastic to you, because you may not come from a household that is considered to be poor, but this level of inequality is not right. Coming form a middle class or upper class home, having a roof over your head, clothing on your back, shoes on your feet and being able to eat more than one full meal a day makes you privileged! Instead of keeping your privilege to yourself, ways in which, you are able to give back to not only your community, but other communities as well. Is through community service.

Why spend money that is really needed for other things? Why live uncomfortably? Why be trapped in this hole called a home that belongs to another person? Why not live free and peacefully? When a person rents he or she usually throws away money that could be used to purchase something that belongs to them. Money is not easy to come by so why pay out hundreds toward something that is not benefit to the person paying it out. There is no good explanation for making a decision like this. The best option in a situation like this is to buy a house. Buying a house is a better option than renting an apartment.

“Millennials” is a term referring to people born in the United States after 1982. That would be all of us! I do not mind being called a Millennial, but I have a problem with the other term that is often associated with us – the “Me Generation”. Many people view us as the young folks who put their own needs first and focus on feeling good about ourselves. Now, don’t get me wrong – I am not saying that there is anything wrong with looking out for our own best interests and doing things that make us happy. What a miserable existence it would be to live a self-destructive lifestyle or one of never finding happiness in our lives! No! What I would like for us to think about for the next few minutes is how we can incorporate helping others in our quest for our own happiness. I want to explore the possibility that in volunteering, we can find true happiness and change the perception that we possess only self-involved qualities. Listen to what one “Millennial”, Paul Loughran, student at Queens University Belfast, had to say on volunteering: “Without

Volunteerism enables students to gain the moral lesson that is vital to their life and develop their future interest. According to source 2, “community service teaches us through experience - about the relationship between empathy and responsibility, about what it takes to be part of a community, in essence, about human being”. While students are helping their community, they learn the crucial moral lessons in the most direct and impressive way. Through an actual experience of volunteering, students are reminded that it is their responsibility to serve for their community because they are a part of it. Helping without any feedback allows them to realize the power of empathy, the essential value that makes the society a

Having escaped rule from a tyrannical British government, the United States was founded on ideals of freedom and equality for all people. These fantasies of universal egalitarianism turned out to be merely that: fantasies. American history is full of stories of the oppressed struggling to get the rights they deserve and of the controversy over these issues that consequently ensues. “The Hypocrisy of American Slavery” by Frederick Douglass and “We Shall Overcome” by Lyndon B. Johnson are two speeches made confronting two of these issues. Douglass’s speech, delivered in 1852, condemns the institution of slavery and maintains that slaves are men and are therefore entitled to freedom. Johnson’s speech, on the other hand, was written in 1965 and discussed the civil rights movement. In it, he implored local governments to allow all American citizens, regardless of race, to vote. Despite the significant gap in time between these two addresses, both speakers use similar persuasive techniques, including ethos, pathos, and parallelism, to convince their audience that change needs to be implemented in America.

I have been volunteering before I was old enough to know I was volunteering. As the youngest of four, I happily came along whenever my parents and siblings volunteered. But, community service is not just something I was taught to do; it is something I love to do. Today, I serve others in ways that are closer to my own heart. Serving people and animals “who don’t have a voice” has been and always will be central to who I am. I spent this summer raising awareness and funds for foster children, and I am excited to use those funds this November to personally decorate and deliver new duffel bags with supplies to foster children in my area. Additionally, I have loved dedicating my time to a local animal rescue where I have participated in animal