Essays on Volunteering

Circulating Angiogenic Cells (CACs) play a significant role in restoring, repairing and regeneration of Hereditary Hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) vascular disorder. Hereditary Hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal overriding vascular disorder. CACs are released from bone marrow into the circulation, and home to the injury site to exert their regenerative and angiogenic effects. Both clinical data and animal studies have reputable that alterations in ALK1 and ENG are dependable for the configuration of the atypical vasculature detected in the mass of patients with HHT. Idiosyncrasy of endothelial cells because of ENG or ALK1 mutations is linked, and well-matched with the Continue reading...

When I look back on my childhood, a warm aroma of protection surrounds it. I had parents and people who were there for me to meet me needs. There were people to comfort me when I was scared. I never felt alone. If I was sick I was taken to a doctor. Sometimes, lost in narrow corners of our own lives, we can forget that this is not the situation for everyone growing up in the world today. There are children in the world who do not have someone to look out for them. One in 45 children will Continue reading...

Community engagement plays a major role in the community policing model. Unlike any other model or approach, the community policing model implies the contribution of the public in helping the police department maintain a peaceful order in the society. Also, this approach ideally comprises of partnerships in the community, problem solving engagements to produce great solutions, and conducting community policing activities with the help of different organizations (What is Community Policing? n.d.). In context, community policing is about serving the community in maintaining the best quality of life that community members deserve to have. It is also about implementing Continue reading...

The newly appointed chief of the police department proclaims that she will initiate a new policing approach in order to earn the trust of the community, which was diminished due to the flaws of the former chief officer. The new chief wants to implicate to everyone that the new system or policing initiative will not tolerate racial profiling and will be of help to the community whenever possible. Since the former chief of the department could not appropriately address and resolve some allegations regarding racial profiling, the new chief wants to be able to overcome this issue by stating Continue reading...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was created in 1863 in Switzerland as a private agency to provide relief to war detainees (Forsythe, 2005). Originally its role was to be a humanitarian agency in times of trouble but then it took over a lot of subsidiary roles like taking care of combatants, civilians in distress, political prisoners and people separated from their families because of conflict(Forsythe, 2005). The International Red Cross functions under the basic principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, universality, unity, and voluntary service(ICRC, 1986).

Mission of the Red Cross

The core mission of the Red Cross in Continue reading...

Located outside Target store location

The observation is a study of altruistic behavior of adults toward strangers. One goal in the study is to determine if the presence of an audience motivates a person to be charitable. Hudson and Bruckman (2004) theorized an individual of a particular personality will respond more to the opportunity to participate in a charitable contribution if others are aware of the donation. This may be evidenced in a donation when the plate is passed n church when a person feels others are watching. Some religious organizations include an envelope to conceal the amount of the donation. In this way, Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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Introduction
Community service or service learning can be defined as an intentional and unpaid work with the intention of helping the community in a specific area. It can refer “to a variety of individual voluntary efforts, from working in food banks and shelters for the homeless to helping in nursing homes to participating in tutoring projects and literacy campaigns. In addition, the phrase sometimes encompasses activism with regard to such issues as homelessness and drug abuse” (Boyte 766). In the contemporary era, most people consider volunteering as a nice but nonobligatory thing. As far as students Continue reading...

The project that entailed in my voluntary service for the community group was cleaning the community environments. It entailed a ten-hour service voluntary to the community. I collected all the litter it the community environment and disposed of the garbage collection center. I made phone calls to the garbage collection centers to empty the litter. In my efforts to keep the environment, green I planted flowers in house compounds. Flower gardens that had been neglected I made efforts in trimming them and making them look presentable. The sanitation in the neighborhood had blocked and producing a foul smell. Some Continue reading...

Paper outline

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 Continue reading...

Introduction- The Issue

The Online University commenced its broadcasting operations an year back in New Jersey. Deficit budget forced the company to look for volunteers, who were trained and recruited to fill specialized roles in the broadcasting station. The Program Director happened to be a casual team-spirited person who mingled well with the staff. He headed the program for 9 months, during which the Organization grew and the staff worked with enthusiasm. However, he left the company and there existed a huge gap. The new Program Director favored a different policy of working which did not work well with the staff. This Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Introduction

Founded in 1987, New York Cares is an organization that seeks to address an array of social issues in the city of New York. With time, the organization has developed and now accommodates over 60000 volunteers who endeavor to aid over 400000 needy New Yorkers. Ever since its incorporation, New Yorker Cares central mission has to alleviate the society's living standards by mobilizing the volunteers. To date, New York Cares is the world leading volunteer organization with a flexible management approach. Most of the organization's projects include education, children literacy, health, recreation, public wellness, feeding the homeless, distributing gifts Continue reading...

Frederick Nietzsche is perhaps among the most controversial philosopher and thinker of his time. Mostly remembers for his highly scandalous declaration that God is dead, Nietzsche explored the concept of will to power in his book The Gay Science. The concept that Nietzsche was driving at with this concept is that men by nature has that instinctive drive that urges him to insist his ways and values to other people . Nietzsche was trying to suggest that regardless of the superficial intent in one’s action, whether it is by virtue benefiting or harmful to another person, the motive of Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

My main goal is to bring positive change in society and to remain intellectually challenged. In this line, I wish to seek a nursing program related to either anaesthetist or anaesthesiologist. I will define myself as someone well-rounded, I engage myself in not only academic activities but also extra-curricular activities such as football and baseball. I believe that my exposure to these activities added to my holistic development as a person because it provided me with numerous opportunities to immerse myself with different people. My main inspiration towards my dream of becoming a nurse, generally, came from my mother Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Record management is the efficient control of any organization’s record, throughout the lifespan in order to meet the statutory expectations. Managing risk in a modern business environment is complex and not easy. Good management of information records in an organization is significant in ensuring that the organization is functioning efficiently to support RGB’s activity while providing a source of efficient service delivery. However, the major issue associated with the process of record keeping in RGB is the volume of records that should be identified, accessible, kept or destroyed according to the organizations policies. With many volumes of Continue reading...

I was born in a small city of CITY which is located in a province of PROVINCE in China. I spent my childhood there being a happy and careless child until the age of 9. Around this time, the factory my father was working at was closed and all the agreements with employees were terminated. With each day it became harder for my dad to feed our family of NUMBER people. We were forced to move all over the region due to my dad’s work. I could not stand looking how my parents were working 60 hours per Continue reading...

The task of this assignment is to create a sample letter of appeal to call upon a reader to support a cause. This exercise helps to create confidence in the skill of mastering business letter formats. Be advised. The organizations shown in the examples are real. However, the attached letter serves only as a sample means of employing the proper way to write such letter.
700 North Sacramento Blvd., Suite 300

Chicago, IL 60612

Aids Foundation of Chicago
200 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 2100

Chicago, IL 60606

Dear Mr. Peller:
I am a student volunteer in the Children’s Place Association, focusing upon improving the Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Leadership, now a day, is no longer restricted to the concept of getting the work done. With increasing globalization and opening up of opportunities, leadership has got burdened with additional challenges of keeping the workforce motivated and optimizing their talent. Succinctly, recent years have seen a shift in leadership orientation from the employer to the employees. Obviously, they are concerned with organizational goals, but they need to take care of employees' concerns also at the same time. So, it is now more of a balancing act that requires additional skills to be successful.
This paper aims to analyze the Continue reading...

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, Continue reading...

Volunteering Role in Marketing for Dubai Expo 2020 Event

Context and Relevance of the Study
Dubai Expo 2020 is a significant international event that gathers the world’s leading thinkers and innovators for generating new inventions and new business directions that will change the world. Under the theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”, Dubai Expo 2020 aims to pioneer new developments and innovation in business, in sustainability (energy and water) and in mobility (expo2020dubai, official website). Because of its global proportions and human advancement goal, the event needs consistent and intense promotion, which can be supported by volunteers in marketing the event. For better understanding the implications of Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

He was pale, sweating, and in tremendous pain. My dad was lying on his bed crying out my name and holding his chest. My heart was pounding, my thoughts were racing, and my knees were shaking as I ran into his room. I was 18 and terrified as I stood in front of my dad who I had no idea how to help. I called 911 and called relatives in the area to let them know what was going on. My father had a heart attack and there was nothing I could do to help him. Once we reached Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Project Brief

We at Rogers Communication, Inc. are committed towards corporate social responsibility in Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Greater Vancouver (GV). We are Canada’s leading telecom services provider. Most of our valuable customers come from these two regions, making it all the more important for us to make a difference in the lives of people in these communities.
As most of our new customers are youth going for their first mobile device, their long-term faith in our services is critical to the success of our business. Therefore, under out corporate social responsibility, we plan to invest where it brings Continue reading...

Introduction: (purpose and outline of report)

This report has been necessitated by the recent developments on Osprey Insurance markets. The UK based company which boasts of a 10,000-people workforce has faced stiff competition in the market from other companies. Following this competition and the company’s desire to save a minimum of £25 million in the next two years, the company tasked Paul Scott, its Head of HR and Organisational Development, to table a report that would further be scrutinised by the company’s Corporate Management Team. The report was to show what measures the company was supposed to adopt in order to realise Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Evolutionary Psychology helps people understand their psychological and mental characteristics like language, perception and memory; these are all adaptations resulting from the evolutionary process of natural selection.
The purpose of this reasoning is to figure out the biological mechanisms of human beings, and what role psychology plays in them. Various researchers have contributed significant amount of studies to evolutionary psychology, and many are still contributing. One such important contribution was made by James S. Nairne, Sarah R. Thompson and Josefa N.S. Pandeirada during 2007; they stated that because mental processes that take place in human beings are similar to Continue reading...

Personal Statement

Too feeble to move, too scared to ask questions and too confused with the hustle around him, the patient seems lost and a desperate resignation darkens his expression. In the dynamics of the patients’ transportation at the Respiratory Care Unit at the Stony Brook University Hospital and Medical Center, I see blurred patients, and I warmly greet them, one by one, providing an opened and firm communication, making them feel comfortable. I am happy to see that I can make a difference in people’s lives by infusing them a positive attitude, through nursing practice.
Back in Stony Brook, Continue reading...

Question 1

Coming to United States alone was my first real challenge, which started five years ago, when I was 13 years old. I adjusted rapidly to the new environment and I joined St Croix Lutheran High School. Residing in the dorm, I sought the opportunity of better knowing my colleagues and other students my age and I started working as resident assistant in the dorm, which besides enhancing my networking abilities with my peers, also allowed me to become familiar with the administrative responsibilities that my position implied.
Because I am a dynamic person and constantly searching for new challenges, Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Staffing and volunteers

The Christmas ball event will need to be planned in a manner that will enable proper alignment and staffing process. No matter what a business does, finding the right staffing level can be a challenging task. If you hire too many staff in an organization you will suffer from high costs with many workers doing nothing. If you hire to few people, the workers will be stressed and overworked and the productivity of the Company will be greatly affected(Schobernd et al. 2009).
There will be staff that will work on the various events that will lead up to Continue reading...

In the past six years, I have worked in various areas of medicine in an effort to find the best career path for me. It is from this working experience that I have decided to become a nurse practitioner. Working with nurse practitioners in a busy Hematology/Oncology Clinic solidified my decision that this career choice was the best option for me. Having worked with both nurses and physician assistants, I have realized that the nurse's role is more appealing. The close relationship that nurses have with their patients, which comes from long-term care, and the idea of treating the Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...