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    My bill proposes to eliminate a majority of food waste created daily by supermarkets and farms. Food thrown away by supermarkets and farms will be donated to organizations that care for the homeless and others who are less fortunate and need assistance. Currently, there are tax breaks available for business owners who participate in programs like this, but they are not reliable. My bill will also propose that agencies participating in this program have an option to receive a monetary award or a

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    their mission, 6% of the funds go towards 4K fundraising, and 4% of the funds go towards management and general expenses.”("The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults – Where Your Money Goes." ) While on the run the team gets food by asking places for donations, this is one way that the 4K saves money so that more of the funds go towards their mission. They also have host families, the teams camp, and also some churches or even YMCA's allow them to stay the night. This is so there are no hotel cost and

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    Case Study: Bows For Paws

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    On a daily basis, animals come to shelters and rescues throughout the United States (Lea). Whether a stray or a pet being given up, workers and volunteers from these animal shelters and rescues work hard to make sure that each and every animal they encounter is guaranteed the proper amount of time and care. They work to ensure that animals are not only physically but mentally healthy as well, which will increase their chances of living fulfilling lives after they are adopted. To do so, shelters

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    Organ Donation

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    In today’s world of modern medicine, organ transplants are behind numerous lives being saved every day. Nevertheless, the demand of organs donations is growing far more than there are organs available for donation. The ability to buy and sell organs is illegal across the globe, and with this the creation of the black market has emerged. The black market is where people who are rich enough to buy organs go in search for people in underdeveloped countries with laws that aren’t enforced as strictly

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    For my groups community service learning project we had a bake sale with brownies, cakepops, and cookies and donated the money earned to central iowa shelter and services for women and people to be able to buy everyday necessities. We picked this project because we wanted to donate to homeless women to be able to buy necessities for everyday life (tampons,pads,etc). And we decided to have a bake sale around the school to make money.It is important to me because not everyone is available to buy necessities

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    Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was a major American industrialist in the late 19th century and after obtaining substantial wealth from his steel industry, became an advocate for giving back to the less fortunate. Carnegie’s desire to donate to those less fortunate came from past experiences, growing up as an immigrant and working in a cotton factory young. He knew and understood the hardships that people faced when not able to acquire the type of wealth he rose to earn. Through his long life this atypical

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    hospitals. Their mission statement is "The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.” The American Red Cross relies on volunteers and donations in order to keep being operational (The American Red

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    I. Policy The purpose of this policy is to define and establish standards, procedures and restrictions for the disposal of all non-leased Information Technology (IT) equipment in a legal and cost-effective manner. II. Scope and Limitation This Policy applies to all Topaz workforce members. III. Definitions A. Non-leased refers to any and all IT assets that are the sole property of Topaz; that is, equipment that is not rented, leased or borrowed from a third-party supplier or partner company.

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    been selfish and has been done wrong. Humanitarian aid should be banned because “…humanitarian aid did as much or even more harm than good” (Gourevitch) by prolonging war, creating reasons to call for aid, and taking advantage of the profits and donations given to those companies. Although many say humanitarian aid is civilizing war by withdrawing injured on the battlefield and removing them from hostilities. Personally, humanitarian aid does not only help very little during the war, but they prolong

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    1.Introduction Cooperative behaviour has been and may still be a mystery to psychologists and evolutionary theorists. Cooperation has an altruistic nature that benefits other people, not closely related, while it is detrimental to the person who is performing it (Trivers, 1971). Therefore, according to natural selection cooperation should have been disappeared long time ago, as it is not beneficial for short-term survival of the individual. However, altruistic cooperation is not always disadvantageous

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