An ally is a person that helps you or gets you through a tough time, it can also someone that inspires you. People need allies or friends because they can talk to them about things and advice. My ally is my figure skating coach Cathy. She has been my coach for as long as I’ve been skating, and she is a former figure skater. She was/is my favorite coach I ever had. She encourages me to be my best self on the ice and off. My ally is a powerful person that helps me through life. The tough time I had
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Prompt: If you attended Villanova, how would you make the noun "community" become a verb? To me, the word community defines a group of individuals who have something in common, whether it be location, likes and dislikes, or goals. “Community” should be defined by what the people do, rather than what they are. If I could edit the dictionary, I would change “community, noun,” to “community, verb, to make meaningful connections and relationships, to bond through shared interests and experiences, and
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A community is family, a support system. Community is a group of caring, loving, and hardworking individuals. I am very lucky to be a part of such group. A community I truly love being a part of is the National Honor Society. Being a part of an outstanding, creative, and inspiring community is great indeed.Furthermore, this group is not just a group of students who get good grades, they are leaders, servants, and reformers of our community. I love belonging to this group because it is a community
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My involvement in National Honor Society helped me to decide on a great service project. The volunteer project that has had the greatest impact on my community is coaching the sixth grade girls basketball team. The opportunity to coach and mentor the girls had a significant influence on the youth basketball program; furthermore it taught me more about myself. The experience of coaching the youth helped the elementary basketball program grow because the girls enjoyed having a high school senior coach
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My community engagement action plan for the next five year will include my participation with in a national service. Within the next year, I will be joining the military serving in the Army Reserves. My time enlisted will be at minimum 6 years. While also being enlisted in the military I will continue to be enrolled in school here at Virginia Commonwealth University. As I continue my undergraduate studies I will be volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America as a site based mentor for the
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Unit 2 Discussion Board Community Policing The basic concept of community policing is that it is a collaborative effort between the community and the police coming together to reduce and control crime in their neighborhood. It involves local citizens finding ways to help solve community problems and issues alongside the police. Better relationships and communication with the police and the local citizens are the key factors in this working. It should help improve the quality of life in the
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Empowering the Kanawan Ayta Community To commemorate the Father of Modern Public Health in the Philippines the UP Manila College of Public Health held its annual Dr. Hilario G. Lara Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at Room 407, College of Public Health, Lara Hall. This year’s lecture, “A Framework for the Development of the Ayta Community in Morong, Bataan”, was presented by Dr. Lourdes J. Cruz, a national scientist and former Professor of the UP Diliman Marine Science Institute and a
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can also be used as tools to get the organization back on track. These standards also keep the community informed and a part of the decision making process. Final Benchmark Assessment: Individual Reflection Essay The purpose of this essay is to show possible solutions to leadership challenges using the ISLLC 2008 standards. The purpose of the standards and how they impact the educational community will also be addressed. The ISLLC 2008 standards were drafted by personnel from 24 state education
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Abstract So often there are many disappointments and frustrations that exist in our family, work and community. A lot of times, we use our imagination to examine how things could change. The question is how do we put our ideas into action? Community change may become a difficult task to accomplish because of the design of the environment ( Recklies, D, 2001). Consequently, change projects can result into constant change problems. Some of the obstacles that may occur in change are absence of dedication
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Community and Recreation: Community Recreation Community The Merriam- Webster (2012) defines community as a unified body of individuals with common interests living in a particular area. A community is also a local grouping within which people carry out a full round of life activities. Although families or other groups can sometimes be relatively self-sufficient, most of them do not live in isolation. For many reasons, ranging from economic interdependence to shared cultural values, families
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