Social Endeavors Initiative

The book Soul of a Citizen by Paul Loeb makes a compelling case for civic engagement. The book emphasizes the need for people to get involved in civic life and it gives examples of people who made a huge impact just by deciding to do. These people saw something that was not right and they went out of their way to help. However, it was not size but they made up their mind that this was what they were going to do and went about doing it. They did not know that by doing that they were going to make a huge impact but they ended up making a huge impact and creating change. Just as these people did, I believe that everyone can engage in civic change and make a different. In this paper, I am going to discuss ways an average citizen can engage in civic life, ways that social worker can encourage others to get involved in civic life and why is it important for social workers to serve in this role.

There are many charities all across the nation doing good and helping those less fortunate, but not all charities actually do what they say they do. Not all charities are bad, some just get some criticism and receive a bad reputation which will hurt the program extremely. If a charity gets bad rep, then people who are normally willing to donate is a little more hesitant since there has been reports of them going against their word. Soles4Souls is a non-profit organization that began in 2006, distributing over 26 million pairs of shoes in over 127 different countries (Home-Soles4Souls), but has received criticism of selling their shoes for profit instead of giving them to the more unfortunate people in the world. (Smietana). Although the general

“Social Innovation refers to new ideas that resolve existing social, cultural, economic and environmental challenges for the benefit of people and planet. A true social innovation is systems-changing – it permanently alters the perceptions, behaviors and structures that previously gave rise to these challenges,” (Balestrero & Udo, 2014, p. 84).

The potential benefits of social investments to society are significant. Companies could use their cash, employees, products and skills to challenge global problems such as health, poverty, hunger and many more. Not only do social investments help make the world a better place, but research has proven that such actions have positive impacts on both the community and profitability of the business itself. According to KPMG, the terminologies used for social investment differ from one company to another with “Community investment”, “Charitable philanthropy” and “Corporate citizenship” among the most widely used. Other terminologies include “ Corporate Social Responsibility” which is abbreviated by CSR.

The intervention depicted in the Pardo article was that of political activism amongst Latinas on behalf of their community. The group utilized their assets and skills to effect change within their communities and halt policies and changes that they felt would harm their communities. This intervention is aligned with Rothman’s social advocacy mode of capacity development. The Ferguson article discussed the Social Enterprise Intervention (SEI) method. This intervention is preventative intervention utilized to provide homeless youth with vocation training, small business skills, mentorship and referrals to health and mental health services; this intervention seeks to build upon the strengths of these youth. The Nembhard article focused on

There are numerous organizationsthat are present in our society, be it private, public or voluntary organizations but one thing that is common from these organizations is that they all have missions and goals set for them to achieve. This paper will be discussing an organization called United Way.

The Charity Organization Society was based in the scientific movement of organizations. Workers believed that charity work needed more definition and organization and that charity should be focused more on individual need rather than as a whole population. Focusing on individual need was intended to improve relief operations while making resources more efficient. They also intended to eliminate public outdoor relief. With the promotion of more organization and efficiency the new Charity Organization Societies were born. Trattner states that these new requirements for organization and efficiency spread so “rapidly that within 6 years 25 cities had such organizations and by the turn of the century there were some 138 of them in

Initiative – Sparking conversations or sharing ideas is an asset I utilize often. Sometimes, the simplest modifications

The government of the United States provides many social welfare programs to citizens who need the help. These programs are categorized into two main forms, social insurance programs and public assistance programs. One of the public assistance programs is called Medicaid. Medicaid is a health and nursing insurance that is funded by the federal and state governments. This program is for people who have limited resources or incomes. Its stated mission is to foster improvements in the delivery of home care and community-based services through the exchange and implementation of creative ideas among Federal and state legislative and regulatory leaders, Medicaid beneficiaries, and providers of care.

As I approach the end of my junior year at Lehman College, I feel that it is time for me apply the skills learned within the Social Work program to the real world. While reviewing the possible opportunities I found that your program will provide with the not only the most challenging but hands on and well-rounded experience.

The community service project I am most proud of is my senior project. I planned and ran a youth baseball clinic. I am most proud of this because I had a chance to work with kids who reminded me of my younger self. It was great to reconnect with why I love the game of baseball while helping someone younger with their baseball skills. Another program I’ve been involved in is the Ashland Football programs, Rent-A-Player program. Rent-A-Player is a service for people who live in Ashland that need help doing miscellaneous jobs. I was hired a handful of times, and it connected me with many Ashland residents. I have also been involved with many other community service opportunities. Throughout my last four years this has helped me connect with

wonder. Initiative is an idea that is not yet exceptionally very much characterized, and has been

Fed Ex employs over 290, 000 employees, and is one of the largest cargo airlines in the world. Fed Ex delivers millions of packages per day and firmly believes this would not be possible if it were not for its talented employees. When Frank Smith started the people service profit program, he believed that his employees were the catalyst to the success and sustainability of Fed Ex. The concept behind the “People Service Profit” program is to develop strong leaders who will subsequently develop and value the employee that they also lead. The program was develop to assist leaders in developing capabilities which will successfully allow them to positively influence and motivate employees. Leaders are given the capabilities to drive employee performance by building relationships with employees, which are built on trust, communication and transparency.

As a non-profit organization, our company has been profoundly doing well in helping raise money for families. Being with an organization which is committed to providing assistance to families in impoverished towns is very generous. Although, there is a concern I would like to address regarding using certain data we are using in our annual reports.The company uses pie charts to display data and prefers one type of pie chart over the other. I feel that we should use the pie chart which demonstrates the percentages.

Social entrepreneurship is gaining such strong interest in nonprofit world because of the economic challenges that have plagued this sector with cuts in philanthropic and government funding. According to Nash (2010) not only are there cuts, there are many organizations vying for the limited funding. Studies support, the attitudes in capitalistic America, and the ease of nonprofits to embrace this concept; evidenced by their ability to sell their once free services, to meet the demands of the consumer. According to the IRS (2010) nonprofits have increased their selling power on unrelated business income, to the tune of 184% increase, in a sixteen-year time frame. This writer, believes these numbers are evidence which support this trend is