My Experiences In Community Service

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1. What changes have you experienced in how you think about the people you served?
For my service project, I was able to work one-on-one with children who are or have been abused or neglected in the county of Tulare. I was also able to work with the people who are involved in making CASA possible such as my supervisor and even the judge and others at the Juvenile Justice Center in Visalia. After completing my service project with CASA, the changes that I experienced in how I think about the people that I have served was such as positive and rewarding experience since I was able to help and guide the children of God that did not have their parents, families, or even a friend to talk to or play with. By serving the children that I volunteered to work with, I was able to provide them with love and support, while ensuring that the child’s needs were being met.
With the children that I was able to work with, I was also working with the foster parents, especially with the infants. The foster parents that I worked with are pastors at the local neighborhood church, so that was very
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Judge Bucone was one of the judges that I was able to work with and ask many questions and her experience with CASA. She expressed the importance of education, issues with health, and emotion in children and that those as the things that I should be aware able when working with the children that I will be assigned to. All these people that I have been introduced to at CASA work really hard to better the lives of the children and I truly believe that is something Jesus would want us to do and be apart of. We are guiding that children to live a better live that will enable them to be successful and normal adults in their

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