Speech May 15, 2010 Inspired by the Power of Community Service

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Lake Erie District YouthAwards Luncheon

May 15, 2010


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CONCLUSION:

The need for help is

overwhelming.

Locally

Nationally

Internationally

Help Others

Help yourself


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DISASTERS OTHER DISASTERS

Natural Disasters-

Hurricanes,Tornadoes,

Floods, Ice Storms, Fires,

earthquakes, oil spills


overwhelming.

Poor choices

Bad luck

Illnesses

Injuries

Financial Difficulties


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PRACTICAL

Resume builder

Learn new skills

Meet new people

Stand out

Stay in shape

Feel better mentally

Beat depression

See the good in people

Realize the good in you

Have fun doing good!


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I don't know what your destiny will be, but

one thing I know: the only ones among you

who will be really happy are those whohave sought and found how to serve.

Albert Schweitzer

It is in giving that we shall receiveSt. Francis of Assisi


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BonaResponds:

Volunteer and Change the World!

The End

To get involved locally, nationally, or

internationally, see BonaResponds.org


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You can change the world-AND-

You can improve your life


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And change the world!

Start of speech: No really, this is the start. I

just showed the conclusion before in caseyou got so bored with what I was saying and

you quit paying attention.


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Debate: Stats or story.

Story wins!


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Tell a story.

a) Three Bearsb) Little Red Riding Hood

c) BonaResponds

d) All of the above


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And the winner is:

The Three Little Pigs


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Just Kidding

The BonaResponds Story


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August 29 2005:Katrina Hits the GulfCoast


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The Beginnings


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The Beginnings

What was worse however was the reaction,

relief agencies were over matched.


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The Beginnings

Imagine.N

o water.N

o power.N

o food.N

oplace to stay.

News switched from the natural disaster to

the human disaster. Looting, bodies in thestreets, people dying of heat and lack ofwater.


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The Beginnings

For instance:


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The Beginnings


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The Beginnings

I was going.

Problem: I had a job and could not just go

Solution: Fall Break WITH others.


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The Beginnings

The Cants arrive T

oo Dangerous Dont know what you are doing

Youve never done this before

How can you possibly help on a problem this big?

Leave it to the experts More efficient to send money than to go


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The Beginnings

But against protests, a group of eight of us

ended up going to Biloxi MS and workingwith what is now HODR (Hands On Disaster

Response)


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Early October 2005


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Early October 2005


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Early October 2005


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Early October 2005


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Time to go home

October 2005

Some things Money Cant Buy

Other volunteers

At the airport

Oh and for the record, this has since replayeditself after nearly every disaster and on most

local days from October 2005 to well, last night.


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Trip 2

January 2006

Longer trip in December 2005-January 2006


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Trip 2

January 2006

Work had changed somewhat, but

destruction was even more visible.


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Trip 2

January 2006

Remnants of a bridge


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Trip 2

January 2006

All Hands Meeting:post dinner meeting to

reflect on the day, say hello, say good bye,

and plan the next day


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Trip 2

January 2006

Volunteers I am a better person talk

This is a magical place, I am Happier. .. I

am a better person when I am here helping.But I have come to realize that we dontneed to travel to help others. There arepoor and hungry back at home. There is ahumane society, churches, schools, andothers that need help.


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Trip 2

January 2006

And with that, BonaResponds had a future in

local service as well as in responding to

disasters.


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Trip 3

March 2006

But first, Spring Break 2006:The Big Trip Stats

286 people

5 sites in two states

Outfitted 3 baseball and softball leagues

2

nd

largest College Led service trip (we think)


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Trip 3

March 2006

Stats do not, indeed cannot, tell the story

x The story of what it is like to be given hope.

x To know that people care. To realize that people are

willing to give up their time and money to help.

x Of the new friendships made and the great times had

x Of the new skills learnedx Of the new outlook


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BonaResponds=Disaster Response +

Local Response


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2006-present

Buffalo NYOctober Surprise snow storm

9 trips to the GulfC

oastTrips to Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,

Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Missouri,Ohio,

Iowa,Texas, Georgia, and South Carolina

Gowanda (15 trips)


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BonaResponds

Volunteer and Change the World


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BonaResponds



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BonaResponds



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BonaResponds



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BonaResponds



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2006-present

10 Local Service Weekends

Annual events in BuffaloMarch 27, 2010 first ever International

Service Dayabout 30 sites in 10 countries.

Local events most weeks of the year


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Classic Economicsvs

Behavioral Economics


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Help yourself!!

Volunteers do not do it for money.So why help others?

Because helping others helps ourselves as

well!


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Volunteering has beenshow to reducedepression

Neurotransmitter

Dopamine We areprogrammed

to want to help others. From a evolutionary

perspective, primitivehomo sapiens hadreason to want othersto survive.

The science


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A study published in the Journal of

Research in Personality in 2008 showed thatstudents who engage in virtue-building

activities such as volunteering report being

happier than their more hedonistic

counterparts...x LATimes 9/9/2009


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The traditional reasons

The science

Meet great people. Great contacts for

future, for business, for jobs, etc.Learn new skills

Leadership, maturity

Resume builder!!

Stand out in job interviews


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Without community service, we would

not have a strong quality of life. It's

important to the person who serves as

well as the recipient. It's the way in which

we ourselves grow and develop.

Dr.Dorothy I. Height, president and CEO

of the NCNW


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Everyone can be great because anyone

can serve. You don't have to have a

college degree to serve. You don't even

have to make your subject and your verb

agree to serve... You only need a heart

full of grace. A soul generated by love...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


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It is one of the most beautiful

compensations of this life that no man

can sincerely try to help another without

helping himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Its fun!

Jim Mahar


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MAKE A DIFFERENCE!


overwhelming.

Locally Nationally

Internationally

Help Others

Help yourself


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DISASTERS OTHER DISASTERS

Natural Disasters-

Hurricanes,Tornadoes,

Floods, Ice Storms, Fires,earthquakes, oil spills


overwhelming.

Poor choices

Bad luck

Illnesses Injuries

Financial Difficulties


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PRACTICAL

Resume builder

Learn new skills

Meet new people Stand out

Stay in shape

Feel better mentally

Beat depression

See the good side ofpeople

Have fun doing good!


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I don't know what your destiny will be, but

one thing I know: the only ones among you

who will be really happy are those who

have sought and found how to serve.

Albert Schweitzer

It is in giving that we shall receiveSt. Francis of Assissi


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GET INVOLVED!Volunteer and Change the

world!


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Speech May 15, 2010 Inspired by the Power of Community Service