AmeriCorps

Camp Manitou is a safe haven for those not usually accepted by the norm of societies standards. With open arms campers and counselors welcome all people of all backgrounds and walks of life. From skit night to the mud hike or cabin time to field games, campers are allowed to express themselves however they feel is needed. If that means wearing a pink tutu or metallic gogo pants around their head, it is highly encouraged. Having been a camper for seven years, being able to work there was a dream…

learning much. One way we can cut down the numbers of kids in each class is to hire more teachers and volunteers. Hiring more teachers would decrease the number of students per classroom. There are aids such as AmeriCorps that have volunteers willing to help kids who need extra help. Americorp volunteers go into the school and with the teacher 's help they find the students that need a little extra help and they pull them aside and work one on one with them. Volunteers are a great way to help…

He has proposed ideas such as reducing college textbook prices and producing more Americorps (ontheissues.org/Charles_Schumer). He believes that cutting the cost of textbooks will help the families who struggle to pay for college already. He also urges that we need more Americorps funding, if they are cut, then New York will be worse off because children will not be acquiring the tutors that they need. On his website he also discusses…

Connecting the Community through Food Scraps (Mid Term Goal) Whether or not UIC decides to utilize an anaerobic digester to process food waste a portion should be captured for compost production. This could be used to cut costs on landscaping compost needs, for expansions of UIC’s Heritage Community Gardens, and to provide compost for local community gardeners. A vacant lot on UIC’s west side provides a opportunity to turn a desolate field that separates organizations into a community…

This letter offers my complete support of Anniesha Parillon in DeVry Education Group Scholarship opportunity. I have known Ms. Parillon since winter of 2010, where we worked collaboratively at Stanley M. Isaacs Afterschool program and TASC Americorp. As colleagues, we worked closely and collaborated on a variety of assignments, activities and daily lessons for our students through the implication of STEM. In my capacity of working with Anniesha, she has been professional and has contributed an…

Weed and seed is a community- based program ran by the department of justice. The U.S. Department of Justice's Weed and Seed program was created for the purpose of demonstrating a resourceful approach to law enforcement and the community. The program, was initiated in 1991.(Casagrande, 2015) This program's primary goal is to prevent violent crime, gang activity and drug abuse in targeted high-crime neighborhoods all over the country. In order to accomplish these goals the weed and seed program…

Being a first generation college student, I did not know that I could have a career conducting research or that I could have a profession that inspired me in the way that conducting research has thus far. I would like to pursue graduate education because despite my collection of research experiences and my education in statistics and research methods, I know that there is a realm of skills that I do not currently possess that are necessary to conduct higher level research. Study at a university…

Michelle Obama is a leader that has more impact that most women. She is the First Lady of the United States, this means she is always in the public eye. Michelle has been pioneering a change in childhood eating habits along with educational rights for all. She is a determined woman that here to help the world for the better. FLOTUS, Michelle Obama is striving to create a better country by promoting healthy families and eating habits along with better access to education. Michelle Obama is…

activities for members to improve competencies of communication, team leadership, execution to results and relationship development. I also facilitate monthly reflective service leadership development curriculum. During my first few months as a Senior AmeriCorps Member, tragedy struck in Baton Rouge, the death of Alton Sterling. I saw kids yet again give up on education because our system was teaching them that they couldn’t be who they aspire to be. In this instance, I once again had the same…

CCOM is a socially driven medical school dedicated to educating its students on the value of patient-centered care, diversity, and willingness to improve the world. An integrative approach to healing is at the forefront of medicine, and it is incredible to see how CCOM educates its students about the whole-body from the start of medical school. Patient-centered care with a focus on osteopathic and holistic techniques should not be a privilege. Diversity should not stand in the way of everyone…