Essays on Volunteer

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Critical evaluation of Minnie’s Food Pantry Volunteer Volunteer program Introduction As presented in the interview, Minnie’s Food Pantry was established on April, 1st 2008 (April fool’s day) with the volunteer program being set in October, 2008. The organization offers healthy meals to families that are in need, in addition to educating them to become positive contributors to the community. In order to make this possible, the organization partners with local grocery stores and market to acquire fresh fruits, vegetables and wholesome meals to the families served. Currently, the organization serves thousands of families via its feeding ...

Introduction

Volunteer Fire Department refers to a fire department that comprises of volunteers charged with the responsibility of performing fire suppression as well as other emergency services related to this purpose with a local and urban jurisdiction. As opposed to the career fire departments, the volunteer firefighters are not fully compensated for the services they offer to the local and urban community, but they are recruited and work only voluntary basis. However, some members of the volunteer firefighters multitask as both full time compensated career firefighters as well as volunteers. According to a recent report released by the National Fire ...

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The Royal Voluntary Service Fund Raising Mix: An Analysis

Introduction Charitable organizations were established to address specific problems in the society by providing services or sustenance to those who are in need. The fundamental role such institutions encompass promotion of volunteerism in which the organizational members are working together to make a difference in the society. However, managing an organization that relies of contributions and donations are struggling to meet the financial demands of its activities given the extent of the social problem that the organization intends to address (Nonprofit Research Collaborative 2011). This is when fundraising becomes critically important in continuing the objectives ...

Volunteer Initiatives and its larger Contexts: The case of New York Cares

Volunteer Initiatives and its larger Contexts: The case of New York Cares New York Cares is a volunteer organization that boasts of a unique approach to volunteering. It was established in the 1980s in order to contribute to combating the social problems hounding American society. This volunteer organization capitalizes on its claim to broadness that enables it to welcome participants and volunteers from any class, political affiliation, religious beliefs, or persuasion. It is founded on the idea of uniting for making New York communities a better, more liveable place – arguably one of the more prominent calls of volunteer organizations ...

Women Accepted For Volunteer Emergency Service

Introduction - WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) was formed in July 30, 1942. President of Wellesley College, Mildred McAfee, became the first commander of Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service - The WAVES served as clerical and secretarial officers and other non-military roles before they were allowed to join the military. - Prior to WAVES, there was Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WACC) that was planned to be launched. - WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) was not disbanded after the Second World War. - The Congress passed the Women’s Armed Integration Act in 1948. ...

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LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE REPORT: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE

1. Introduction The present report is based on the writer's field experience as a volunteer of the church (Preach The word Evangelical Church). The report is basically based on the structure of the church as an organization, SWOT analysis, leadership challenges and an overall learning that occurred during the 6 week volunteering in the above mentioned church.

The following are the theoretical perspectives on some of the main aspects of the church as a non-profit making organization:

1.1. Organization of the Church Cole cites, 'The church that Jesus built was HIS church. Jesus Christ is Himself its foundation (I Cor. 3:11). He is the Savior of the church (Eph. 5:23). As the church belongs to Jesus Christ, the ...

Introduction

The militarization of the American foreign policy has is a great challenge to the future national security and political goodwill of the U.S. Most of the U.S. international affairs budget is being shifted to the military. This is the same case to the operational power of the U.S. foreign policy. Former generals have been appointed to major cabinet foreign policy posts. The military’s role in delivering of the foreign policy might be hefty for the military leading to an imbalance. It would result to too much reliance on the defense forces. The bias of the foreign policy on ...

Community service is an elemental aspect in the societies today. Community services encompass voluntary actions and operations by people in all aspects. Community services are continual activities in the societies that many people attach great importance. In many organizations and institutions today, it is an added advantage for employees and job seekers to have been participants in community services. As such, they suggest the contribution of people to their societies. I undertook my volunteer work as a community service at the Food Share Company. While at the company, I engaged fully with the operations of the organizations in volunteer ...

Leadership is a role that is of high importance in any given organization. The leadership of an organization is charged with numerous activities and responsibilities related to goal achievement. The roles and obligations of any leadership position will vary in accordance to the provisions of respective organizations. Effective leadership has many definitions and understandings. However, the common factor regarding effective leadership involves the fact that goal realization is important in the organization in question. However, leadership is not the same as management. Rather, leadership and management are complementary but distinctive factors that influence organizational success.

Motivation as an attribute ...

Mission Arlington was actually established in the year 1986 by Burgin Tillie. As a matter of fact, the organization begun as remarkably small group of volunteers. Their main intend was to study the Bible in humble apartments in their mother country. Tillie family had been in South Korea for missionary mission, hence when they came back to Arlington; they felt that it was crucial to do it at home. Mission Metroplex on the other hand, was formed in 1990 in order to support the fantastic work of mission Arlington.

Additionally, the organization is faith-based ...

Volunteering relates to giving service to other people or participating in a cause to assist a certain project without expecting any form of remuneration or reward for the services rendered. Volunteer work can be rendered in a number of areas but the most significant is social work. Participating in volunteer work helps in instilling a sense of responsibility among students while at the same time helping others. Situations in the community that may require volunteer work may emanate in cases of disasters where humanitarian efforts may lack the sufficient work force to assist the affected people. Additionally, volunteer work ...

Introduction

The cardiovascular system consists of arteries, capillaries veins blood vessels and the heart. The heart delivers nutrients and oxygen to the tissues and caries waste products for elimination from the tissues (Hester & Lusha, 2012). The regulation of the cardiovascular system occurs through a complex interaction of both neural and non-neural mechanisms that aim at guaranteeing a constant internal environment (homeostasis) in organisms (Malliani 2000). The regulation of the cardiovascular system occurs through hemodynamics, through auto regulation, hormonal regulation and neural control (Khurana, 2008). The most important of the regulatory mechanisms are closed loop reflexes like baro- reflexes, chemo reflexes ...

I have been doing volunteer work for a long time. In the past four years, I have completed 100 hours of volunteer work and I plan to complete more hours in college. There are so many more activities that I’d like to participate in as I believe that there are many areas that could benefit from volunteer work. As I start college, I would like to do volunteer work in orphanages or in homes for the elder, as well as in schools. I would also like to participate in the organization of community events, as well as in ...

The mission of Grace MED Health Clinic is to share, as well as show the love of Jesus Christ through the provision of accessible, compassionate and high quality health care for the residents of South Central Kansas. The clinic provides both medical and dental services to clients.

The MED Health Clinic provides various services, which include, dental services, which include carrying, out root canals, tooth extraction, fillings, dentures and teeth cleaning. Medical services include providing wellness and prevention services and management of chronic illness. Community outreach services which involve outreach visits to the surrounding community Prescription assistance program which ...

Cejudo Cordoba, R. (2013). Making Sense Of Doing Wrong: On The Justification Of Compromise Decisions. Crítica , 45 (135), 29-53. Retrieved from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/search/advanced

This paper holds that compromises are types of agreement and types of decision. Its major objectives are the following. First, is to identify the formal organization of compromise situations (CD), or dilemmas where some CD cannot be avoided that includes jeopardizing the integrity of the maker of the decisions. Second, that by the notions of Amartya Sen’s of the basic and compulsive judgments and create a CD ...

COVER LETTER

13423 Main Street

Jersey, NY 14545

(222) (111 -1661)

10-01-2014

RIVERSHORE, INC. 765 Cayuga Street

Lewiston, NY 14092

(716) 754-7272

Dear Administrator:

I am submitting my resume in response to the recently advertised position at Rivershore Inc. I believe that my training and experience closely match your requirements and my additional qualifications in support care will make me an asset to your nursing staff.

Some important things that qualify me for this position include:

- I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Hunter College

New York, NY in 2005 and my certification in support nursing in 2009.

- I have experience taking care of patients in situations including infectious diseases and life-threatening injuries, nursing children and the elderly is also part of my work. - I have proven ...

Enjoying good health being the most important facet of life; in the process of acquiring a general knowledge about it, I observed that with the increasing technological advancement and its effects, people develop “Stress”. That the stress plays a predominant role in the life-style of population, be it in the youth or the older generation. Besides the stress-related ailments like diabetes, hypertension, depression and the like; an array of health conditions such as public health, environmental health, policy health, epidemiology, global health and health education are the main focus for disease prevention and health promotion of wider population. In ...

Kramer Electronics Volunteering proposal

My proposal to the C.E.O of Kramer Electronics Company is to initiate a corporate volunteer program that will enable people to volunteer in other community projects as part of social corporate responsibility. I have endeavored to undertake a research, thus, it is my belief and prayer that introducing a volunteering program would be very beneficial not only to the organization, but the employees and the community also would benefit a great deal (JA Worldwide, 2009). A venture like the one I am proposing for the Kramer electronics would seek to add morale onto the job and also place the ...

Angel Food Kitchen: Volunteer Training

Description Many members of our community do not have enough to eat so Angel Food Kitchen offers home cooked meals and a food pantry. We welcome volunteers from ages 16 to 60 but we do ask them to attend a training session for working in the kitchen and dining room. Unfortunately not everyone who volunteers will be able to join our staff members working in the kitchen and with clients in the dining room. Angel Food Kitchen is well-organized and certain routines need to be followed carefully so delicious meals will be served on time. We also have special ...

I have always had a firm belief in being an instrumental contributor to the upliftment of mankind’s welfare and condition. One of the most viable ways where I could fulfill this personal goal is through volunteer work. North York General Hospital (NYGH) has been especially close to one’s heart since I gave birth to my children here. As such, there is no other way where I could return the exemplary service provided during my stay except to join their volunteer programs, particularly the Adult Volunteer Program. I am most interested to be included as a volunteer for ...

In reference to the notice on your website concerning the vacancy in the IT department, I hereby apply for the job as a computer-programming specialist. I am 25 years of age and have recently completed my education in grade 12.

After going through the work advert and the job requirements for the job, I am hopeful for appointment and employment in your firm because I believe that my qualifications aligns appropriately with the requirements for the job as stated in the job description. I have a degree in ...

Management

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW This organization is a non-profit online and independent newspaper. This organization deals with the dissemination of information from various regions. We source information from different stakeholders including reliable sources, online researches and interviews among others. From this information, our target groups include various people in the society. We address all issues in the society, for this policy and procedures document, our target groups are our volunteers. They volunteer for work at a newspaper in order to contribute variously towards the development of the society. They also facilitate organizational functions.

INCORPORATION

The incorporation requirements for our ...

Introduction

Despite their small numbers and their hesitant relationship with the Canadian government, the Nation’s people contributed to the war. For many reasons, the exact numbers of the people who volunteered in the war cannot be ascertained. Nevertheless, the First Nation’s people volunteered during the war. Their number could be estimated at around four thousand members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. These First Nation’s people were accorded limited civil rights during the time before the war. The British government declared war on Germany in 1914. Since Canada was a member of the British Empire, it was automatically ...

- Is Steve's un-reimbursed commuting expenses an allowable deduction on his personal tax return if he is assigned to be a volunteer usher for the Church's Saturday or Sunday services? If Steve is assigned to be a volunteer in the church on both Saturdays and Sundays, his tax position regarding the un-reimbursed commuter expenses can be explained as follows: According to code 162(a), the un-reimbursed commuter expenses remain unallowable for tax purposes because of the following reasons: Such expenses are not incurred for a profit gain. Steve is not in any profitable business so as to be able to ...

Prior to applying to become a doctoral student in pharmacy, I began to do some extra reading on the subject to determine the types of careers and models of practice that are available, and how they fit with my own goals and experience. I have done volunteer work in a hospital setting and found that I very much enjoyed working as part of a team in a community or general hospital. I think I would like to be employed such a setting, following a patient-centered type of pharmaceutical practice and assisting patients with finding the most effective ...

The experiences I have had in my life have taught me important virtues that have not only given me more strength and vigor to pursue my dreams but also to cherish and respect the family unit and those who live around us irrespective of their socio-economic status. On a personal and professional note I’m a passionate individual with strong organizational skills and a positive attitude towards academic research, project management and community based programs and take great pleasure in volunteer programs with the aim of improving situations as they are. Involving and interacting with pertinent issues that affect the well being of communities and ones that pose great challenges to the existence of human beings have enabled me to take a more positive and pragmatic approach to life. I have in turn become a more flexible and determined personality who views challenges and problems as opportunities to make a difference (Yammarino, 2002).

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Design a way to increase a person's exercise habits using a door-in-the-face strategy.

The exercise habit that I have chosen to study and develop is running by a person who is not a professional athlete. The specimen of my study has an exercise habit of running two kilometers every morning and evening. First, since the specimen of my study has a habit of taking short distances in his daily exercise, I will first ask him to consider taking forty kilometers in his daily practice. This would be too much for the specimen (Coon & Mitterer 2008). Therefore, the second and the final phase of this, strategy is asking the person to take fifteen ...

Introduction

The issue with blood donation in Canada, as well as around the world, is that the supply of blood peaks during times of crisis when the need for blood is at the forefront of the public’s attention. This often outpaces the demand and goes to waste due to the small shelf life of blood. There is a steady demand for blood donation year-round and is often under-supplied. Should Canada use a monetary incentive to improve the supply and demand imbalance for blood donation?Blood Donation In Canada Canadian Blood Services (CBS) looks after the blood donation efforts within all ...

Introduction

Parents who work often think about what activities they can allow their children to participate in, especially if the activity will occur after school hours. Most of them are looking for programs that can help their children academically, while some parents prefer that their children join these activities to keep them off the streets while they, the parents, are away. Many students from disadvantaged families or environments do not have the opportunities of experiencing activities that would help stimulate their emotional and intellectual development. As a result, these children end up either lacking in knowledge or becoming street-smart kids ...

Homelessness is a critical problem in the society today. There are several causes of homelessness and various ways through which the society may help the homeless. This paper seeks to analyses the causes of homelessness and the possible ways of helping them. The first major causes of homelessness are poverty (Garry A. Morse, 1992). The people whose income is minimal cannot afford to purchase homes and, therefore, end up homelessness. Secondly, natural disaster that hit various parts of America leaves many citizens homeless. For example, hurricanes destroy homes in large numbers rendering many people homeless. In addition, according to ...

Volunteer Firefighters

According to the title, volunteer fighters, a crew member of the fire-fighters squad is addressing his fellow staff. These fire-fighters are not paid or appreciated for their risky live saving efforts. Instead, they are all volunteers. Out of frustration and desperation, he inquires to find assurance of their course and motive in working so tirelessly for ungrateful people and without pay. The fire-fighter's fainting heart desires encouragement to continue with the tireless job. He is concerned that the people disregard their efforts even when their work demands risky options such as using dangerous routes to evade fires. After surviving, ...

Introduction

The choice to interview Sarah Cramer came after considering the leaders who have had international impact by changing lives. Before embarking on the interview, it became evident that she had touched and affected the lives of Chinese children considerably. Through her university years and thereafter, Cramer has offered voluntary teaching and training services as an individual and through the Half the Sky organization. Although Cramer has received prestigious education, which other people envy, she chose to pursue voluntary services rather than venture into her career. In addition, many children benefit and have benefited from Cramer’s services. She portrays ...

Thesis

This paper is on successful planning of Christmas Ball. We cover aspects of marketing & promotion, staff & volunteering and health and safety evaluation to make sure this event is as successful as possible.

Marketing & Promotion of Christmas Ball

The main of marketing and promoting Christmas ball is to ensure people attend. First thing we need to take is care is we need to give people a ‘reason’ to attend Christmas Ball. This reason can vary for different target groups as some customers might be interested in freebies, product demos and entertainment while another class of customers might relate to presence of celebrity, theme based party ...

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The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) was a branch of the Army, Navy and Air Force seconded to the Chinese Air force during World War II. Although they only existed from 1941 to 1942, this group, known as the “Flying Tigers” made a lasting impression upon air combat during the war. The Flying Tigers were formed by President Franklin Roosevelt to help the Chinese against the superior air forces of the Japanese (Chennault, pp. 24) The idea for the group came largely from its first commander, retired U.S. Army Air Corps Colonel Claire Chennault. (Chennault, pp. 26) Col. Chennault ...

Working in Charitable Organizations

The society often faces numerous challenges socially and economically that affect people’s welfare. Charitable organizations are constituted of people who give their lives and resources to improve the welfare of others in the society. In most cases, charitable organizations obtain resources from members’ contributions in addressing challenges that face a society (Jacobson& Ragan 113). These organizations often obtain assistance from well-wishers who donate their resources for organizations to help the people facing such challenges in the society.The paper synthesizes the findings obtained after analyzing the activities of Boys and Girls club to explain aspects what motivate charity organizations, ...

Social care is defined as a profession wherein the practitioner is closely working with individuals that are disadvantaged or marginalized or those that have special needs. Social care workers are committed to deliver and plan for creating programs geared towards providing quality care for groups or individuals that with identified needs. For example, people with physical disabilities, children, homeless people, victims of abuse and drug and alcohol dependent need specific aid in order to re-integrate themselves to the society to live a normal life. Social work is necessary to alleviate the constraint that hinders the marginalized society in achieving ...

Research Question

Is faith based organization effective in solving social problems than secular organization?

Conceptual and Operational Definitions

The variables are faith based organizations, secular based organizations and social problems. The independent variable is faith based organization and secular based organization. The dependent variable is social problems.

Independent variable is those variables that can be manipulated by the researcher. The dependent variables are those variables that will be affected by independent variable. ...

Cross Timbers Church is a Texas-based church whose primary goal is to serve the community - there is a heavy emphasis on leadership and service both around the community and beyond. Their chief efforts are focused on professional Christian counseling, volunteer work, and humanitarian aid both domestically and internationally. The church itself is incredibly involved with the community, providing services of all kinds to those who request or need them. From running soup kitchens to giving supply-filled backpacks to students in the area, Cross Timbers has a loose commitment to generally helping people in the area through their resources. ...

OVERSEAS ENGLISH TEACHER VS. GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTOR

This report discusses and evaluates the career paths for an overseas English teacher and a government technology contractor, with the objective of enabling the reader to identify the better and more appropriate career path for him or her.

In particular, this report discusses the career overview, career outlook, requirements, and salary ranges for each career path. It then concludes with a recommendation on what would be more appropriate for the reader based on his or her lifestyle and interests, given that both career paths are highly in demand and well compensated. ...

There are many reasons I wish to attend George Washington University, not the least of which being my commitment to a good education and to attending a diverse university. Given my intercultural experience, I feel I would be a very good fit for the George Washington University community. Being from South Korea, and living there most of my life until very recently, I have a great deal of knowledge regarding this unique and vibrant culture. I would consider it a great honor to offer this information and knowledge about my culture to those who would be interested, furthering the ...

Introduction:

Parents’ support to their children in their formal education leads them to become successful in school. Some parents understand that they have to be involved in formal education of their children, but sometimes, they do not know where to start from and when to find a time to make positive communication with their children’s school. Therefore, schools play a fundamental role in fostering parent involvement in school. To promote this, schools can initiate ways to communicate with parents through parent- teacher conference, inviting parents for meetings and organizing workshops/presentations about parent’s role in their children’s education, ...

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Possible cause for the discrepancy As the notes states, the average gross profit does not consider expiration and spoilage, theft, unrecorded sales and incidental suppliers. Therefore, this creates differences in the value with contribution margin since these factors are considered when the average contribution margin is computed. In order to improve on the contribution, the shop will need to lower the variable costs. In this case, the variable costs are costs of goods sold. As such, this means that the firm will need to seek suppliers that are offering discounts and utilise inventory technique methods ...

Introduction

The main reason for going to school is to impact on one’s community positively. This can be achieved through several means. First, is the classwork which instil knowledge needed in helping learners to understand how to work with other people. Secondly, the means comes as outside class activities which expose a person to communities. Volunteering falls under the second means. There are many benefits for volunteering, these cut across the community being assisted as well as the person offering their services and time. Benefits that are basic through volunteer work include; making new networking contacts, development of ones ...

In many cases one sees people been called upon to volunteer in planting trees in various places. One may volunteer without even been called upon since there are various benefits associated with tree planting. Ever since man set foot on earth, the environment has never been the same again. It is worse if one considers the advancing technology and the human population that is rendering more harm in the environment. Many may not understand in details the benefits of tree either in the community park or anywhere else. This paper analyzes how volunteering to plant trees in a community ...

How ironical that you could be in a medical emergency at home but lack means of contacting your immediate neighbor for help? How many fresh graduates are intimidated to apply for a job because they lack demonstrable experience? These questions may sound rhetorical because they question everyday phenomena. However, the panacea to these humiliating scenarios that we choose to ignore until they catch up with us lies in one thing, volunteering. When did you last volunteer? The World has unequivocally become a global village thanks to technology that has simplified business, communication and transport. Paradoxically, we have become engrossed ...

EARLY CHILDHOOD LEADERSHIP: MY LEADERSHIP PLAN

My Leadership Plan After the exercises conducted in this course and having seen my past experiences in leading and the styles and strengths I have developed as a leader, in retrospect, this made me look back on what I wanted when I was younger. I realized that those were the things that I still want for myself as a leader. One of the goals I want to accomplish is applying and institutionalizing accountability. As the leader of my school, I want to be able to show my staff, the students, and my parents that I am capable of accomplishing ...

I must admit that I had my own preconceived ideas and notions about the mentally retarded persons all along and before I had an opportunity of volunteering in a facility that provides care for the mentally ill. Even at the moment when we were given an opportunity to volunteer in a mental health facility, I had my own ideas of what I would see, experience, and what the patients or the mentally retarded would be like. These notions had been built into me and developed throughout my life through listening to popular opinions from people and readings from the ...

Habitat for humanity is a human service organization whose main aim is to eliminate poverty and homelessness from the world by building cheap and affordable houses foe needy people. This organization relies on volunteer work to carry out its activities. Its recruitment of volunteers would be much easier if they had a volunteer recruitment portal of their website. This would make it easy for people sympathetic to their cause to get specific information on how they can offer aid to the organization. This would also help the organization to acquire more accurate information on the exact amount of manpower ...

Abstract

Overpopulation of prison systems has led to the need to find alternative means of sentencing the people that are convicted of a crime. There are many variations that are used, but two of the most common are community service orders and probation or parole. In many cases they are combined. Through critical analysis, it shows that there is a lot of benefit, but there are also a lot of problems associated with these two methods. Overall the most effective would be a combination of the two alternative sentencing options. There are continued issues, when it comes to the prison ...

Importance of Character Development in Early Childhood

Introduction Purpose of the study Childhood is a very vital stage of human development. It is considered a platform on which other stages of human development would be based as an individual matures. Among such developments, is character building, which not only influences the nature of life that one is likely to live, but also on how he/she would relate to the world in general. Based these assertions, the main objective or purpose of the study would be assessing the importance of character development in early childhood. This study is purposefully meant to educate more people and enlighten the ...

- Introduction For the layperson, architecture is mostly the process and design, planning and construction of buildings and physical structures. But many fail to understand that architecture is perceived as a work of art from where early stages of design are initiated. It can be equally expressed as a visual and physical psyche of an architect’s vision and way of thinking similar to art. Yet, art and architecture can be conceptually interchangeable where these talented artists do not perceive themselves as talents. The following subgenres of art, including elements of architecture, shall be explained, as well as described, ...

Volunteering in the War

Of the many reasons people had for joining the army an underlying opinion was that the war would provide an adventure for young men that had not experienced any such thing prior to that and many many years later it took the disillusion of war to change that feeling. Unlike wars that took place at the time of early civilizations, most American wars were mostly fought for freedom of people as opposed to spoils of war. They mostly only asked that should they die in battle they be allocated a plot of land for burial. Why then do men ...

When I first started college to obtain an undergraduate degree majoring in psychology with an interest towards social interaction. This interest in psychology lead me to intern at the Autism Center of Excellence from January 2009 through June 2009. However, after reading many articles and documents on the developments in healthcare curing autism. The fact that such a debilitating condition could be comprehensively redressed was inspirational. It was then that my brother’s vigor came to mind and I decided to switch focus to biochemistry. This began my first step toward to pursuing the goal of becoming a nurse. ...

INTRODUCTION

Corporate social responsibility is also known as CSR, and it is the growing social trend of businesses. It is now being practiced throughout the world by many companies to enhance their image and build good reputation of the company (McWilliams, Siegel, & Wright, 2006). Even many multinational firms today are highly active in such activities, regardless of the fact that wherever they are operating, they just want to have positive image of their companies and in a way establish relationships with their customers and other stake holders. Corporate social responsibility is defined as the responsibilities that an organization has towards ...

My passion for medicine was developed through the hope of a young girl. “Put on the scrubs,” the Psychiatrist told me as we entered the sterile hospital room of a sixteen-year old girl. I stood next to the doctor as she talked to the girl, a girl whose face and body were so completely wrapped in gauze it would have been difficult for her to cry. “Will my skin go back to normal?” she asked. The physician answered honestly, “I do not know for sure, even though the flesh-eating bacteria that deprived you of your skin is gone, it ...

Knowing that many people in my community struggle to feed their family, I decided to take a proactive approach by volunteering my time at a community food bank in my area.During my volunteer work, it soon became apparent that this was a job fraught with many challenges and rewards. At first realizing the great need that still exists within my community was a bit overwhelming, but as I began to better understand that magnitude of the task at hand I realized that volunteers like myself can really help make a big difference. I began my volunteer work in the ...

Over the years there have been thousands of personal accounts have been made by U.S. veterans and former soldiers who served in the South Vietnamese Army (ARVN), only a fistful of which are in English, but none of them are as unique as Last night, I dreamed that Peace by Dang Thuy Tram. Contrary to most accounts, a voice from the other side is offered by this book, yet this voice is so universal that it was worth preserving. Unlike a majority of the northern accounts, this book is a chronicle of the journey of a young woman who ...

Introduction

This program is being set up in partnership with United Way of Greater Toledo, which has a Four-Star Charity Navigator rating. United Way raises and distributes funds for local area programs, helping people in need, improving the quality of community life. In this particular instance, United Way are supporting and working with our University of Toledo Tax Income program to provide free tax preparation advice for low income families in the greater Toledo area. The program will also give our finance major students the opportunity to put into practice what they have learned in their studies, as they provide ...

Arguably, disasters to some extent are unavoidable since some are unpredictable, but the best option is the response of emergence and disaster preparedness. Disasters take place regardless of economic, political, or social, background of a nation. In fact, disasters refer to the convergence of various hazards with several vulnerabilities. As such, increase in environmental, physical, economic or social vulnerability can imply an increase in disaster frequency in a region. Despite the discriminative aspect, on disaster occurrence, there is a correlation between risk and poverty, in that disaster leads to measurable decline in human development, income, as well as consumption. ...

In his objective of promoting the volunteer section of RVVFD firefighting department, Rick Wyat has several aspects to consider: target audience, budget for promotional activities, communication channels, message that he needs to diffuse, to transmit to the targeted audience. The targeted audience appears from the case study: it is represented by Ralston Valley population. They must understand the importance of their local firefighting department and also the needs that the department is confronting with, in terms of personal or staff motivation. This implies an awareness campaign, in order to determine the people from Ralston Valley to react to firefighters’ ...