Community Service And Nonprofit Organizations

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Community Service Community service is something that you do out of the goodness of your heart to help the community and those around you. There are many things you could do for community service such as: volunteer at nonprofit organizations, mentor those that need help, pick up litter, and anything that will benefit the community in some way. Something that has been happening across the states is that schools are incorporating community service into the graduation requirements. Although some may say that this isn't something that should be required, i believe that it would be good for every student to experience. It could teach your student hard word, kindness, and it would be a humbling experience. Community service is doing something …show more content…

This would entitle walking the animals, showing them love and attention, and lastly helping care for the living areas. Most of these places are a nonprofit organization, which means that they can use all the help that they can get. For this reason, something as little as one student going out for a day and helping in any way that they could, can make a big difference for those who run the shelter as well as the animals at the shelter. I would choose this as my community service project because it has to do with something I love and I would actually feel as though I was making a real difference. It's important to feel as though you're having a real effect on someone of something when you are doing a community service project; in the end the whole reason behind doing community service is so that you can do something helpful out of the goodness of your heart and not expect anything in return. With animals they need love and affection just as much as you and I do therefore it would be important to go and show those animals some sort of …show more content…

The main reason i would choose this as my community service project is because I would directly be making a difference in another person's life. The average american is use to eating every meal along with snacks throughout the day; most of us can't even begin to imagine what it is like to not get fed regularly. Imagine not having food and waking up wondering the next time you will sleep in a bed and have all three meals. For me, I have always being intrigued by homeless people for the reason that they all have a different story to tell. They are normal people who have gone through more emotional and physical struggle then many of us will ever have to go through. This would be something that would make me feel better about myself for helping those in need, and potentially help humble me and remind me of things that I should be thankful for. This would be a great opportunity to not only make a difference for those that are homeless but also for myself; we all take the things given to use for

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