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    Mandatory Community Service for Seniors When applying for a position at a job, managers always check to see how much experience you have in order to check if you are qualified. When filling out a college application there are always questions that ask to write down any extra curricular activities you participated in or any clubs/service work you did and for how long. It is important to be a part of the community and to be dedicated to one or two locations for a certain amount of time to show commitment

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    school students have to complete community service hours to graduate? Goal or Thesis 2007, WA high schools to make community service compulsory The Western Australian Government is introducing a compulsory program which will force all high school students to complete community service work in order to graduate. The program will require students in years 10, 11 and 12 to do at least 20 hours of community service. Partnerships between schools and community service organisations will be central

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    three methods included the media report, the literature review, and the interview assignment. In all approaches, new voices emerged to discuss the topic of community service in secondary schools to a specific audience. By completing the media report, I gained insight on what many people are exposed to when they want to read about community service in secondary schools. In my report, I focused on two newspaper articles that gave a general overview of high school students who serve and evaluated the

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    The efficiency of service can be looked at from multiple angles. Does the motive behind service lessen its effectiveness? Effective service refers to benefits communities gain when individuals volunteer. I will be exploring effective service in this paper by evaluating the net benefit to a community and its lasting impact on the individual performing mandatory versus voluntary service. I was drawn to this topic after listening to Tovia Smith’s podcast, ‘Selfish’ Giving: Does It Count If You Get In

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    from taking a look at their own communities. Some may never realize how much their neighborhood may need help until they become the ones with the helping hands. The question is: Should college students be required to do Community service in order to graduate? Community service refers to "service that a person performs for the benefit of his or her local community" and is done without pay, according to the Merriam Webster Dictionary. Performing community service is not the same as volunteering since

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    students from serving their community. Between an after-school job, homework and social life. All of these are some of the “excuses” or the “responsibilities” many students claim to have. We never fully realize how much help our neighborhood may need help until we become involved. The question is: Should college students be required to do Community service in order to graduate? Community service refers to "service that a person performs for the benefit of his or her local community" and is done without

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    motivate me to do community services telling me that it would make me a good person. From the beginning of my time, as an active participant in community service, that was my motivation, simply to make sure I was a good person. Though I became older and started to realize life is a lot more complex than good and bad, my role as a community service member was already built into my routine, because I would go to the food pantry most Sundays with my Mom. I started doing it more for the community, the people

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    along with other things stealing all their attention, students can become out of touch with their communities, their morals, and other things surrounding them. They can even forget about things that they shouldn’t, like their faith or morals for example. This is a problem that is keeping them from being good citizens. Because of this, students should be required to do at least 20 hours of community service per semester. This will help students become more responsible and help build character, building

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    The community service that I had done was, I worked with the High School Wilderness Club during the events that they do for Hamburg and surrounding areas. For most of the events I helped out by setting and cleaning up the trash cans, barricades and signs that had to be put out before and after the events, and during the events I would work by making sure the trash cans were not getting too full or just to make sure that everything was running smoothly. I chose this work because I am a member of the

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    Benefits of Community Service Community service contributes to a community in the same way that quarterbacks, wide receivers, and offensive linemen contribute to a football team. Without people helping out, there wouldn’t be a way to score a touchdown or win a game. It is the same way in helping out a community. The more people there are helping out, more homes would be built, more mouths would be fed, and more people would have a happy life. Some people take for granted the clothes they have on

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