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    given the option to complete 20 hours of community service at a local food bank in order to have the ticket expunged from my record. On one hand, due to the community service being mandatory, I didn't want to do it, on the other hand however, the community service was a way out of a 50 dollar ticket. In paragraph three of "The Heart of Service" the author mentioned a problem of logistics and the difficulty of ensuring that citizens completed their service. The solution to that problem is having

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    Importance of Community Service What is community service? If you asked me at my grade 8 graduation, I would have said that it was 40 hours of volunteering required to receive your high school diploma. I probably would have commented that it wouldn’t be hard to do- I mean it was only 10 hours every year. I might have also mentioned that I didn’t have a plan on how I was going to complete the requirement, but I would figure something out. Four years and over 200 community service hours later, I

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    Community service constitute an apologetic reparation that the person is now required to make to the community what he has wronged. The Indian Penal Code was the enacted in 1860 by virtue of the classic legal draftsmanship of Lord Macaulay. If there would have been a concept of community service prevalent at that time then the authors are sure that there would have been no need to urge the inclusion of the same in the Indian Penal Code. But since this exclusion by Macaulay is because of no fault

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    Carter Foundation’s core philosophy of service. Through activities of service within the school and community, I have began the foundation of the inspirational person I dreamt of becoming. Being actively involved has granted me with the image of a dedicated and caring individual, and also a service-oriented leader. As Vice President of Key Club, I encourage all members to participate in the numerous community activities, while joining the various services as well. I have attempted to incorporate

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    brought me many great opportunities, especially in the area of community service. However, our school does not require service to the community for graduation eligibility. Key Club, Future Farmers of America, and National Honors Society are a few of the organizations I was involved in that offered community service opportunities. The majority of my service opportunities in FFA were directed toward agriculture and the agricultural community I was involved with. Our officer team served food at multiple

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    Community Family Life Services Description Community Family Life Services in Washington, D.C., founded in 1969, focuses on providing support to homeless families and children in the D.C. area (Community Family Life Services, 2017). Historically, the organization began providing services to assist men return to society after incarceration. However, they transitioned to primarily serving the homeless community with temporary housing, essential food and clothing, medical and mental health assistance

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    America have inserted community service hours as a graduation requirement. This adjustment teaches leadership, positive work ethics, and community involvement habits. It truly is a good appendage to the many requirements of graduation. This adjustment creates gateways for various categories of services towards the community. From volunteering at the humane society, picking up trash or even helping a family move to a new home. There are countless jobs that are considered community service, and deciding what

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    The question of young adults devoting a year of time to the military or community service is an interesting one. I will address the community service requirement first in my essay, since many high schools, including Sturgeon Bay, require community service hours to graduate. Personally, I found my community service experiences rewarding and helpful. My first experience was volunteering at the CP Center in Green Bay. Since I moved to Sturgeon Bay between my freshman and sophomore year, this experience

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    either a year in the military service or doing community service. The countries each have an their individual reasons. In Israel, the service is seen as a right of passage into adulthood. Germany’s hospitals and charity rely on the work and in Malaysia the year is used to promote racial harmony along with patriotism. This requirement builds the economy in each country; however, would this be applicable to the United States? While community service for a year or military service for a year would encourage

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    Community Needs & Services Assessment Paper Brittany Honicker Widener University Section A: Proposal/Introduction The population that I will be focusing on for the Community Needs and Services paper includes those individuals between the ages of 18 and 45 that struggle with opioid addiction who have become involved in the Criminal Justice system. The paper will analyze specifically what demographics constitute the prison population and those who are continuously participating in community

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