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Community service is an act by a person that benefits the local community. People become involved in community service for many reasons: for some, serving community is an altruistic act, for others it is a punishment. "Community service" therefore refers to projects that members of certain youth organizations, such as the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, Key Club International, JROTC's and some high school students perform. It is also an alternative sentencing technique in a justice system. And at times groups of people will commit to perform service to the community as part of the gift economy. Mandatory Community Research has recently increased in many schools in the United States. A study was done that correlates community service with academic success; it was found that there is a strong positive association between students who maintain a weekly community service record and their GPA than those that don't at all. Examples of community service projects include:
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GNU Free Documentation License  mirisawetiya.org 113px x 120px | 3.70kB [source page] the temple must be a service centre to the community and priests should lead the way in community service The Miriswetiya Community and Child Development Foundation The Miriswetiya Community and Child Development Foundation is currently providing a yeoman service to the underprivileged children and villagers in the area and beyond The High  ci.antioch.ca.us 201px x 250px | 12.00kB [source page] to citizen s concerns and assist them with problem solving These solutions are used by the community and the police to develop customized responses to neighborhood problems Beginning in 1993 the community policing program was implemented in areas generally having high calls for service By the end of 1998 the program had been implemented in five phases From Yahoo Image Search: "Community service"  haasewmbaa-communityservice.blogspot.com Monika Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:02:00 GM Hey everyone! Hope you're all enjoying your summers! The . Community Service. Committee has some great events coming up, and we wanted to make sure you all knew about them. volunteer: July 12, Saturday Los Altos Wine & Art Festival ...  standard.net unknown Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:18:48 GM "We are just happy to be able to honor someone who is still vertical," Harrop said, smiling. The mayor then said the Dale E. Chatelain Equestrian Park will always be a reminder of a great resident and his . service. to the . community. . ...  pyfound.blogspot.com Steve hu, 18 Jun 2009 08:18:00 GM The Foundation tries to recognize those whose assistance has been significant in its growth and development as well as its day-to-day operations. This quarter's . Community Service. Award winners are two particularly noteworthy examples. ... From Google Blog Search: "Community service"  news.google.com Targeted News Service (subscription) (subscription) 6 -- Service Specialists, Ridgeland, Miss., won a $46155 federal contract from the Corporation for National and Community Service for annual physical exams. ... and more » news.google.com USA Today "There's a compassion boom going on," says Robert Grimm of the Corporation for National & Community Service , which oversees AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and ... Hawaii ranks 44th for volunteering Bizjournals.com 1 million more Americans volunteered in 2008 The Associated Press Volunteerism in America and Colorado increases Examiner.com The NonProfit Times - Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) - Bizjournals.com all 235 news articles » news.google.com Chaska Herald He waived his right to a speedy trail in exchange for agreeing to several conditions, including performing 40 hours of community service through Carver ... and more » From Google News Search: "Community service" Any ideas on how to serve community service? Q. I've reasently been inducted into the national honor society at my high school. As a membership requirement we have to serve a minimun of 12 hours community service each semester. The problem is, I have no idea what kinds of things to do!! Baby sitting and church projects don't count. Plese help me come up with ideas. When ever I think of community service I think of picking up trash by the side of the road in a bright orange jump suit and having all the cars driving by and laughing at the teenage screw up. I really, really don't want to do that. Does anyone have any fun ideas about what type of community service projects I could do? Asked by nakora_free - Sat Mar 17 22:03:05 2007 - - 13 Answers - 0 Comments A. That's a different kind of community service. The orange jump suit crew doesn't need you. Though if you want to volunteer for a roadside cleanup or a stream or lake side clean up volunteer with an ecology group that adopts a stream or a roadside. This would be with a bunch of ppl who care about ecology and are decent folks. You can probably find a group that adopts specific areas like that through your state dept of natural resources or local park dept. For other kinds of community service call the United Way or Volunteer Bureau in your area or look in the yellow pages or talk to your school counselor about groups in the area that help people in need. What do you like to do? If you like animals look for a no kill shelter or a… [cont.] Answered by A F - Sat Mar 17 23:05:47 2007 What kind of community service do colleges like to see? Q. I would like to make it into a REALLY good college. I know colleges like to see community service.. but some community services are already old for them. Like they're tired of it.. I know there are some that they really like. That stand out for them. What kind? Asked by Sharr - Thu Jan 22 22:59:50 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I'm not sure exactly what types of community service stand out, but I've heard that colleges really like it when you spend a lot of your hours doing one specific thing, not when you have your hours all over the place, 5 in one place, 7 in another, ect. Answered by ashlehflemang - Thu Jan 22 23:06:55 2009 What kind of community service project should we do?
Q. I'm in a club at college called DEX and we are looking for community service projects to do. The club is small and doesn't have a lot of members. We are already collecting coke can tabs for Ronald McDonald House., and planning to do a can food drive for the food bank. What else could we do at our college. Asked by us.littlefairy - Wed Sep 24 17:41:40 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. help the elders!!...car wash? or sell lemonade and give some money to a charity. clean litter off of parks too! Answered by dum dum dummm - Wed Sep 24 17:49:48 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Community service" |
