Statement Of Purpose: The Tecumseh Center Of Arts

What does community service means to me? Well, to me community service mean helping your community become a better place. When you do things for your neighborhood, it makes you feel like a better person. There are all sorts of activities you can do in your community. You can work with children at school, work with the elderly, or help people that are less fortunate and make their day very special. Community Service is very important because it gives you a chance to bond with the people in your neighborhood. It will also give you a chance to give back to your community , you’ll learn a lot from your experience, and you’ll make a difference in someone’s life. I recommend a lot of people to go out and make a difference.

What does community service mean? Community service, to me, means bettering the community with volunteering at local places, business, or helping the people themselves. Community services is very important due to most of the things in a community such as parks, food banks, etc. being ran/used by the community.

During my four hours of community service, I did many things such as mowing grass, throw wastes into the dumpster by driving a tractor, and clean the sidewalk by using a wind blower. To other people, it may seem like that there are just light duty work, but to me every work done will make the community look better no matter how light

Community service, one of the several pillars outlined by the National Honors Society (NHS), is defined as the desire to work and serve the community in order to improve the conditions for the citizens who dwell in it. Most importantly, those who uphold those standards do so without the need of money, or recognition; they are simply intrinsically motivated to make the world a better place. It wasn’t until I volunteered at an event hosted by the Jubilee Center that I learned the true meaning of community service and charity.

When working on this project I intend to utilize the materials that I already have available to me as a starting point. The Tecumseh Historical Society has an extensive amount of information on the Hayden family. Because of the amount of information I will have to then sort out the information that would not be useful toward my project, and then focus on the information that will enrich the project. The Historical Society may also have contact information to reach descendants of the Hayden family who might be willing to set up a time to perform an interview. For this project, I believe the Tecumseh Historical Society will be my greatest asset.

    In a community, there is an expectancy that one will contribute to it in some way. Whether it's working or volunteering, both forms of service can better the community one lives in. In my opinion, it is essential for one to contribute to their community in whatever way they can in order to be a truly valued member.

Community Service is a way to help others meet their needs. It is important for people to help their neighbors so a community can be strong and successful. By helping doing community service one can also learn new skills to help enhance one’s education.

“Community Service is important for many reasons. Taking part and volunteering teaches compassion and understanding. You can volunteer for something you really believe and have an interest in, and can volunteer as much or as little as you'd like or have time for.” Community service is really easy to get into. I mean, it is not like you have to put out an application and have an interview in order to do it. It is really easy to get into, and is really fun. It is things you wouldn’t even think are considered, like:

Community service ultimately provides preparation for work, and allows for one to make connections and networks from within. One can gain knowledge and experience in a variety of fields, and would help them discover what they truly wish to do in college, as many people do not know what to do halfway through their college careers. My own volunteer work specifically, has directed me to a path of interest I had never before considered. Having participated in various volunteer and community service events, I discovered working within the performing arts is of great interest to me, and I would have never considered this field if it were not for community service. It is clear that community service needs volunteers, equally as much as volunteers need the benefits of community service. The millions of organizations frantically recruiting volunteers for events everyday would be grateful for any amount of service given, even so with only an hour’s

Community service can be described as volunteer work. If community service was a requirement in the United States it could also be compared with slavery. Not only could the required community service be a hasle, but is a danger to other volunteers. Although, volunteer work is good for communities and other needy organizations, but the money it would take for the government to keep track of the community service activities is very unneceesary.

At first glance, community service, like its name, is a great way to get involved in the community. Community service, according to the Merriam-Webster, is defined as “work without payment that someone does to help their local community.” Teenagers can experience a sense of doing something right and helping their neighborhood become a better place voluntarily. Service

As stated by Dorothy Height, without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop. This, in fact, is true. In the community I have grown to love, the people and the events that occur have taught me how to treat others, regardless our age, knowledge, etc. These morals were ingrained into me the first time when I went shopping with my grandmother. Every day my brother and I would search the streets and see young

Throughout my college career I have not once volunteered my time do something for someone else. I never knew what was going on in my surrounding community, and I never thought that anyone really needed my help. That is until I enrolled into Business 3300. Dr. Irabor has taught me about the importance of servicing my community. He has also taught me the difference between service learning, community service, and volunteering. Volunteering is any activity that involves spending unpaid time, doing something that aims to benefit the environment or and individual, like a close relative or a group or group. This could be done through a private or public or voluntary organizations. The important thing that makes it volunteering is that is must be a choice that has been made freely, and not forced. This is something that might sound like common since, but it is something that needs to be said multiple times. Community Service is very similar to volunteering, because both involve not being paid for the time that you put in to help an individual. However, what separates Community service from volunteering is community service involves the volunteering of an individual or organization to benefit a community or its institutions. So, if one was doing community service, they would be doing work for like a court house or the community school. Service learning is the easiest to explain because it is all about what a student in community service activities learns. It is like community service because it involves community service, but it is deferent because the student is their mostly to learn about community service for an academic development. Service-learning engages students in a three-part process: classroom preparation through explanation and analysis of theories and ideas; service activity that emerges from and informs classroom context; and structured reflection tying service experience back to specific learning goals. Service learning is planned out with the local community partners and service recipients.

Engaging in community service provides students with the opportunity to become active members of their community and has a lasting, positive impact on society at large. This project has motivated me to become a leader and to continue the right future pathway on a bigger scale. Community service or volunteerism enables students to acquire life skills and knowledge, as well as provide a service to those who need it most. In my case, I was able to assist individuals with my creativity, knowledge and unique perspective. My top five community service includes volunteering at the Thomasville Head Start, Avante nursing home, Davidson County Senior Services, Fairgrove Family Resource Center, and volunteering at the Davidson County Transitional Services.

Community service is a very special and important activity when it comes to wanting to not only better your community but also connect with the community in a way that is not possible in your everyday life. For this semester I experimented with a different types of community service, it ranges all the way from giving blood to helping out my local no kill animal shelter. Doing all of these things really opened up my eyes, it made me realize how much our community needs our help, and if we do not put forth the effort nothing is going to change or get better. I am not saying what I did over this semester changed anything, but I now know all the benefits of community service and hope that one day in the near future I can contribute in a way that is beneficial to others of my community.