Community Service Essay

Good Neighbor Nextdoor program seeks to address two problems facing communities across America Today. The first problem is the shortage of doctors in rural and undesirable communities. The second problem is the prevalence of blight and vacant housing in many of the same communities suffering from a shortage of doctors. Both of these problems have solutions, by offering citizenship to foreign doctors willing to move into communities having both a shortage of doctors and a surplus of vacant housing.

Service Hour Reflection For the majority of my service this year I volunteered at St. Vincent de Paul's on the east side of Green bay. When signing up for tasks when I was volunteering I tried to choose something different each time so I could experience volunteering there from multiple different perspectives. The first time I volunteered signed up for “stocking.” For this assignment I worked upstairs in one of the back rooms sorting through and organizing donations that people had dropped off.

Organizational Culture When walking into the Army Community Service center you are happily greeted by a help or information desk. The atmosphere is very inviting and there is a lovely waiting area full of pamphlets, brochures, and packets to read while you wait. Upon visiting the author felt extremely safe, because the staff was very encouraging and thorough with the information they provided. The large staff and effective work environment allows for very little to no wait time even for those

I decided to visit the Greenville Community Shelter. The community shelter is located on 207 Manhattan Ave, Greenville, North Carolina. The mission of this facility is to “serve the poor and homeless in a continuum of care from basic shelter to prevention that empowers clients to achieve and maintain lives of self-sufficiency”. (GreenvilleCommunityShelter.org) This facility is known as an emergency shelter facility only. As an emergency shelter, it is only open on a nightly basis from 6 pm-8pm on

in Parkdale are often the same instruments of oppression against the residents; according to her research, an attractive aspect of the new condominiums are security measures put into place to keep out the impoverished, and therefore dangerous, communities within Parkdale, such as a 24-hour concierge, double locks on all apartment doors, and a video monitor at the front desk. Even if “street[s] are very quiet” (Kern 372, III) the design of the buildings project and imply a criminal, unpredictable

Throughout this semester teaching the theories that resonated with me the most were: Cross and Fhagen-Smith’s Model of “Black Identity Development”, and Yasso’s “Community Cultural Wealth Model.” As a minority these two identities have shaped my life profoundly. My personal theory philosophy comes from my lived experience and my time working as graduate assistant in the Multicultural Center. As a first generation, African American woman I credit student affairs with much of my academic and social

same passion for helping others and that school is Wheelock College. Wheelock College is dedicated to making the community and region a better

2. In addition to these educationally geared programs, The Brightside will also offer various services to assist youth with the college application process and studying for placement exams by collaborating with schools and other community agencies. Process objective: By June 18, 2019, at least 60% of Little Village youth enrolled in Process objective: Brightside will demonstrate better mental health as measured by

within organizations, systems, or communities after initial implementation efforts or funding ended (Blasinsky, 2006). Medicine is a service oriented profession which requires professional attitudes and a sense of empathy and caring. Medical schools recognize the merits of creating community programs as students, and many schools have incorporated it into their curriculum (Loh et al., 2015). In medical school, students may create or participate in various community involvement projects that aim to

My freshman year service work consisted of volunteering through Project LOL at the Toussaint Academy and fundraising with the Andy Paul Sanchez Foundation. I completed a total of 16.5 direct service hours at the Toussaint Academy and 10 indirect hours fundraising with the Andy Paul Sanchez Foundation. I began volunteering at the Toussaint Academy at the start of the year and completed a series of visits in May. I have been involved with the Andy Paul Sanchez Foundation since it began, but I volunteered