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Community Service. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” ~Sir Winston Churchill “ To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson “No one has ever become poor by giving.” ~ Anne Frank. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
~Sir Winston Churchill
“To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“No one has ever become poor by giving.” ~ Anne Frank
Why Community Service? To help other people
To feel good
To make a mark on humanity
To make a difference
Benefits for the volunteers- Volunteer work provides an opportunity to learn new
skills and valuable work experience (enhancing marketability both for work and college acceptance)
- Volunteer experience is a context for developing significant relationships with like-minded people
- The experience of volunteerism can help develop many social skills – identity development, compassion, sense of agency (ability to make a difference), leadership, confidence and self-esteem. Volunteerism contributes to positive development!
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What can you do?Empower people –
teach & exchange skills
Be indispensable - administration & clerical
Provide nourishment - prepare & serve food
Help the world go around - transport people & goods
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What can you do? Keep things running
smoothly – repair & maintain
Save lives and property - emergency relief
Build a sustainable world - environment
Lead an organization - management / committee work
Make good work possible- fundraising and sales
Cherokee Inspires!
Cherokee students Assemble Tree for Holiday for Hope
Mr. Ingham doing something
to a turkeySpanish Club working as interpreters
Football team reading to kids
Healthcare students working
with kids
Cadets lay
wreaths
Ringing the Bell for the Salvation Army
What can you do? Join a club or organization that devotes time to
community service activities. Find a local organization that may need volunteers.
MUST Ministries, Goodwill, Cherokee Thanksgiving, Boys & Girls Club, Merismos Ministries (Canton), Church on the Street (feed and provide many things for the homeless and underprivileged), Give a Kid a Chance, Love Loud (Through First Baptist Woodstock).
Find a local business that provides a service and help there. (Hospital, Nursing Home, Childcare)
Pick up trash Plant a tree Smile Help someone in need
