...The Dave Matthews Band When I think of The Dave Matthews Band, I also think of their jazzy pop rock music that has helped them become a musical sensation. The band consists of jazz and classical musicians and of course, Dave Matthews. Their music and songs are very unique and have not been heard before the band came about. They have touched millions of people’s hearts, especially mine. The fact that they sing about real situations and real issues that are going on the world today is what makes them my favorite band. Whether I am happy, sad, or mad, The Dave Matthews Band’s album “Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King” always lifts my spirits and puts me in a better mood; their songs are inspirational. One of the songs that touch me the most is called “Funny the Way It Is”. This song is about the good and bad things going on in the world. The point being made is that even though many wonderful things are happening, bad things are occurring at the exact same time. “Funny the way it is, if you think about it/ One kid walks 10 miles to school, another's dropping out/ Funny the way it is, not right or wrong/ On a soldier's last breath, his baby's being born/ Funny the way it is, not right or wrong/ Somebody's broken heart become your favorite song/ Funny the way it is, if you think about it/ One kid walks 10 miles to school, another's dropping out” Not only does it discuss the fine times and poor times in life, but also how people take the privileges they have for granted. While kids...
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...during every Serbian gathering. I recall myself searching for an answer acceptable for my Serbian community, especially for all the grandmas asking me every Sunday. Yet, I neglected to determine what I truly wanted to be. Years later, I started volunteering at St. Luke’s Medical Center in the summer of my sophomore year, and little did I know how transformative this experience would be. Initially, I came in as any high school student with the intent of earning volunteer hours for my school’s National Honor Society. I wanted to choose an undemanding job: flower desk. It was an adequate job, but certainly tedious. Consequently, I arrived to the conclusion that there...
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...In order to complete this module I have successfully achieved a place within the West Yorkshire Police as a community volunteer. In order to achieve this I firstly had fill out an online application, giving some personal details and a brief description of why I wanted to become a volunteer. My description included several reasons on why I wanted this, my main one being that I had always wanted to join the police as it has always been my dream job, by starting as a volunteer I felt as though this would gain me a step closer to this. After waiting around a week I received an email asking me to come to a meeting, this would entail a vetting check and going over what being a community volunteer would include. The next day I received an email stating I had passed the checks and I was now a community volunteer within West Yorkshire Police. I have only recently become a volunteer so have not had much of the volunteer experience within the police. As I am now a community volunteer I am now logged on to the Police duty sheet, this is a website which provides volunteering opportunities when they are available. It gives a time, place and some information about what the session would entail. Since becoming a volunteer I have had two opportunities, the first was doing door to door talks within a neighbourhood speaking to them about crime prevention and handing out leaflets. There were several of us going round the neighbourhood. We worked alongside PCSO’s handing out the leaflets and...
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...It was the summer before my eighth grade year, and the last place I wanted to be was at my church’s vacation bible school. I was scheduled to make confirmation in the coming fall. One of the requirements was to volunteer, and I asked myself: “Why do I have to volunteer? How is this going to help me with confirmation? Isn’t this just a waste of time?” But, I did it because I had too. So, I spent a week of that summer acting as a crew leader for a group of kindergarten students at the summer program. Guess what? It was one of the best weeks of my summer and truly impacted my future direction. I never expected volunteer work could be so meaningful. I knew I wanted to continue on helping others. The next summer I returned and volunteered...
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...HRPYC81 PROJECT 4809 Assignment 2 What motivates people to do volunteer work? MJ SCRIVEN TABLE OF CONTENTS LITERATURE REVIEW There are almost as many reasons for getting involved in volunteer work as there are volunteers. Once people get started, they find that their deepest rewards are ones they didn't expect when they first came looking for a volunteer assignment. Participants entered the volunteer world through ads in the paper, articles in the media and invitations by friends. They wanted to get involved in a new community, they overheard someone talking about a need or they just wanted to be active. Some wanted to repay a perceived debt to society and others took up volunteer work as part of a major reassessment of their lives and priorities. They came looking for a better balance in their lives, a learning experience, something to do with their time after retirement or something to add to their skills and their resumes. A good number had a stake in the organization where they were helping. This might be a friend or relative with a disability or a disease or the expectation that they themselves might someday need the service. “The idea that an individual would make significant personal sacrifices for another person, particularly when that person is a stranger, has long fascinated students of social behaviour” (Clary et al. 1998: 1516). “Volunteerism may be defined as contributing one's time or talents for charitable, educational, social, political...
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...Family of Woodstock, Inc. BSHS/355 November 14, 2014 Family of Woodstock is a place where teens and adults are assisted in many ways. I am an interviewee for the upcoming position here at Family of Woodstock and I would like you to be aware of my knowledge and to let you know why I applied. I am a person that is really interesting in helping other people and that is the reason why I am graduating with a degree in human service. After reading and learning about the facts of Family of Woodstock, I became very interested in the working for the organization as I would like to take part of the people helping the young adults by providing my knowledge and skills. It is very difficult to prepare an organization as well as to understand the needs of the people. A person has to have the heart to be able to help others in need; otherwise that person will not be able to fully assist others. Family of Woodstock began as the founders found several factors that led them to create such an awesome organization. The people in need are the people that inspired the founders to open the organization. The founders had to learn and understand why so many teens and young adults had decided to run away or to escape the confines of the world they had been living in. Listening to their reasons and to understand why is what helped them plan an organization that would be able to assist them fully. The founders saw how people slept on benches, on parking lots, hitchhiking, and even seeking out...
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...a job, practicing the profession, even a volunteer work. Challenges and competition is really what we face right after we got our licenses. During my volunteer work as a Registered Nurse, I did experienced difficulty especially during my application, we were a pile of applicants then considering also the other applicants who uses a clout just to be taken in. I really learned a lot during my volunteer work, I can say I am quite fulfilled since my motivation to practice my profession is what i hold up to despite the load of work of 12 hours in a day, 5 days a week, no salary or even allowances, and I have to travel 1 and a half hour just to get to work, I am blessed to have parents who are really supportive. After more than 6 months of being a Nurse Volunteer, I am so blessed that my mentors and my alma mater were so supportive on my career that’s why I was given the opportunity to work and teach as a clinical instructor in the school where i graduated from then in a university after 10 months of teaching experience, even though academic and experience wise, I am not still qualified. Qualifications wise, I believe is what I still have to strive for to pursue my teaching career or practice my Nursing profession in the near future. Merits, awards and average grades during the undergraduate schooling is not enough, I believe, in aspiring for a brighter future in the Nursing Industry especially being a Nurse educator. As a Nurse educator I should at least earn a Masterals degree in...
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...Running Head Unique Blends Volunteer Learning Center Derrick S. College Abstract The community is our people; those people are our friends and neighbors, our friends and neighbors make up the world. So what could make the community better? Studies show volunteerism helps to change people’s lives, makes you feel better about your contribution; whether that be financially or with your time, and help promote a better quality of life for others. There are many ways to volunteer your services; you could read to children in a hospital, donate financially to an organization, provide meals to the sick or elderly, mentor a child/children, help organize or attend events to raise money, donate or distribute toys during the holidays, or even assist in building a home for a family. Whatever you’re doing to volunteer, you are making the community that much better and it will show throughout. So what am I contributing to the community? I am working with my company to assist lower income families with the opportunity to advance themselves through technology. I am empowering them to learn how to use a computer, become proficient in using systems/applications, and building their confidence so they can have the potential to become whatever they want to be. How am I doing this? I am doing this by sponsorship, I am reaching out to the community for assistance, I am spreading the word that we can all have the opportunity to provide a better life for a child and...
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...TITLE: Why volunteer? Factors that motivate volunteer behaviour in a church, from the perspective of the volunteer. AUTHUR: 31889638 HMPYC80 Assignment 02 Page 1 Unique Number: 657101 COVER LETTER Mr James Guilder Kenneth Copeland Ministries Milton Office Park Avocet Close Bromhoff 2196 Dear Sir In our most recent meeting you expressed some frustration at the ministries inability to retain volunteers for its various projects. I believe I may be able to assist in this regard. As you know, I am currently an honours student in Psychology at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and as such I have a special interest in the factors which motivate the behaviour of different individuals. As part of my honours course work I am required to complete a research project, which is to be submitted to my peers for review. My research topic for my course work is “Why do people do volunteer work?” Since this research topic could potentially aid the ministry in better understanding how to attract and retain volunteers it seems appropriate to propose and request permission to complete this research project on behalf of the ministry. I therefore herewith include my research proposal. I hope to hear from you soon. Kind regards, Candice Keen 5 Disa Street Morningside Ext 2 2196 Page 2 Sandton Why volunteer? The experiences and motivations of church volunteers. Research Project Overview and Purpose Volunteers are a vital part of how a church...
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...Middle Tennessee community trough volunteer-centric programming. Every year, HON connects thousands of volunteers to services to help the community with programs of urban agriculture, home energy savings, youth leadership development and support of public education. If we enter in their official website we can see hundreds of opportunities to collaborate as volunteer of different kinds of things. Hands on Nashville build partnership with neighborhoods, colleges, coordinates large-scale community volunteer events, customizes volunteer experiences for groups and companies, and provides training and consulting for volunteer managers and groups....
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...Volunteer Activity MGMT300 Leadership Table of Contents Introduce your activity………………………………………………………………2 How/why was this activity chosen? Did you “stretch your boundaries?” ………….3 Discuss your experience as it relates to at lease four of the unit topics……………..3 What did you learn about yourself that will enhance your own leadership potential from this experience, and why?...........................................................................................7 Volunteer Activity- The Underwear Affair Introduce your activity The Underwear Affair is an event that takes place in Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver to help raise money for cancers below the waist, such as prostate, ovarian, and colon. Participants have the option to register for a fun five-kilometer walk, ten-kilometer walk, or a citywide “booty hunt” also known as a scavenger hunt. People participating in the events are encouraged to strip down to their underwear, or wear ridiculous costumes and attire. After the walk, run and scavenger hunt is over, the festivities continue with a hot meal, drinks and dancing for all participates and families. This year was the seventh annual Underwear Affair in Edmonton; approximately 1100 people participated in the events raising $625,000 dollars for the Alberta Cancer Foundation. This money will help support vital research, treatment, care and early screenings at the Cross Cancer Society and 16 other cancer centers in Alberta. In the...
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...Two weeks ago I joined the Habitat for Humanity Club. The club’s biggest mission is to help construct homes for those who are in need of a stable, secure home. The club also takes part in the festival in Watkinsville. This festival is during the fall time, the club’s duty is to have a table and sell something meaningful to our club. The money that is fundraised at the festival goes towards the fees for the Spring break trip. Each year the club makes their way out of town to help construct a home for a family, constructed within a week. The festival helps us to become closer to reaching our goal of going out of town to build a home for a family. The club also takes part in putting together a 5k race for the town. I am looking forward to becoming a part of this club and reaching out to help the lives of others. The clubs first habitat for humanity build of the 2012-2013 school year took place in Athens. The volunteers had three tasks that they could help out with. One was to help put up the wood on the roof, another was helping to dig holes (literally), and the other was to mix concrete and put the concrete in the holes. The volunteers who felt confident on the roof got right to work. I began by unraveling electric cords and connecting them to the electricity. I then had to take the cords and take them through the house. Following that, a few others and I were assigned to dig holes. These holes were to be the posts for a porch. The sizes of the holes were probably 3x3x3 feet...
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...I have volunteered at Denver Metro Caring for about a year and a half. Metro Caring is an organization that provides food to families who are financially struggling. There are three parts to the organization healthy food access, nutrition and cooking education, and self-sufficiency. The food Metro Caring receives is from donations by local grocers, faith communities, companies, and individuals. Around 75% of all donations are kept and given to families who come in. The families are allowed to come every month for a week’s worth of food, but it is with an appointment time. The amount of food they are able to take is personalized on their family size, needs, and wants. Families are encouraged to attend nutrition and cooking classes. These classes occur a couple times a week to teach about how to incorporate a healthy lifestyle in their homes. Another assistance Metro Caring provides is meeting...
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...Tamika Acoff Civic Engagement: 52:620:311:01:14949 Assignment Due Date: 10/10/2014 History of Non-Profit Agency American businesses’ mission is to make a financial profit while non-profit agencies have “stated” philanthropic missions of providing services for the needy. I hate to sound syndical, but during my short experience and limited research I am not too convinced that this is, indeed, the “sole” mission of non-profit agencies. “Let’s help!” But why, do we want to help? Why do we want to create these organizations? A school assignment? A tax benefit? Are we helping because there is some self-gratification that allows us to sleep at night? Or are we helping to settle our stomachs growling with guilt? Is it because we want to learn how we fit in this puzzle of life and grade ourselves compared to others? To get out of the house because our children are adults now and moved out? Perhaps our spouses are no longer around? Maybe, just maybe, these non-profit groups were born from a maternal instinct of culture full of their beliefs and values partnered with the paternal works of satisfying our own selfish ways. Those partners give birth to non-profit agencies using the umbrella of humanitarian to cover up the roots of its existence. Going back to the time of the American industrialization, many of the Government’s public organizations, such as churches and libraries, ran on public donations. In “Historical Perspectives On Nonprofit Organizations In The United...
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...Bystander Apathy Experiment (1968) On March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese was attacked and stabbed by a man later identified as Winston Moseley. Despite Genovese’s cries for help, none of the people in the nearby apartment building who heard her cries called police to report the incident. The attack first began at 3:20 AM, but it was not until 3:50 AM that someone first contacted police. In 1968, John Darley and Bibb Latane became intrigued by the incident and decided to conduct an experiment which was given the name the Bystander Apathy Experiment. Their main goal was to figure out why people, in cases like Genovese’s, did not come for help. These two psychologists asked volunteers to participate in a discussion which was claimed to be extremely personal. Each individual was separated in different rooms and had to communicate with each other through an intercom. During this “extremely personal” conversation, one of the members would fake an epileptic seizure through the intercom. When the volunteer believed that he/she was the only other person in the discussion, 85% left the room and began to seek help for the individual with a fake seizure. Next, the two psychologists decided to see what would happen if three or four people were in this discussion, instead of just one; and just as they suspected, only 31% went to look for help once the seizure began. So what exactly is the bystander effect? Psychologists predict there are two major factors that contribute to the bystander...
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