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    the United States. According to McCarty (2016) poverty was seen as, any individual, who lacked the sufficient resources to meet their basic needs. Those needs were food, a place to live and lack of finances. These were illustrated in the film, where it showed families with children in poverty. There were families that had a lack of food to provide to the children, while other families did not have a home. They stayed in shelters and motels. The lack of finances was a huge factor in these…

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    Welcome to Class 105, our kindergarten class. I am Ms. Cooper. I hope that we will have a great fun, safe and educational school year together. Each year our class has a Community Resource Program that benefits all of the children in our classroom. Additionally, this wonderful program receives helps from individuals in our community. This Community Involvement Plan is to ensure that all of us, the educators, parents, children and community have reliable information about each program so we can…

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    Summer Music West camp held at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, a summer camp that requires an audition. Though presently I am not a member of any orchestra, I would like to participate in a high school orchestra. I volunteered for the SF Food Bank program since I was nine. I would go two Sundays a month, but with the amount of recitals and fencing tournaments that has lessened. I also volunteer for the SF Parks and Recreation with friends. Two years ago I spent two weeks in Thailand…

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    working at. I would be interested more in a higher position than being a server, maybe a manager position or work at corporate just because I’ve already been a server for 2 years now at a different restaurant. I do go in all the time for the amazing food and cheesecake selections. I definitely feel like a main goal for Cheesecake Factory is that way there is always a positive word being said about them. If you think about all the occasions in a community where if one person has a bad experience…

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    use to put a roof over their head, and food on the table (Issues & Controversies). While working at the Joseph House Food Bank, I encountered hundreds of people, from homeless, unemployed, those with disabilities, as well as veterans. My community service activity, showed me that how we interact with one another can begin with some of the objectives we discussed in Composition…

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    I chose to spend my three hours of volunteer time at the High Plains Food Bank. I’ve always heard about the many families they help there, as it was getting closer to thanksgiving, I wanted to see how I could help. During my time at the food bank I observed a lot of verbal communication, cultural differences, and interpersonal conflict. People communicate with other people every day, but communicating effectively is what matters. I have been developing my communication skills throughout the…

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    so I did it for the sake of credits and to pass this class. In the back of my mind, I didn’t really understand why doing the volunteer work was relevant or would be practical use in a real life of the business ethnic decisions. The Second Harvest Food Bank is the non-profit organization that our group chose to participate and worked at. At first, I was skeptical about this non- profit company because I thought it was just a small local charity organization which focused on feeding the homeless…

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    The social problem that the Atlanta Community Food Bank deals with every day is poverty and social class. This social issue has been a major issue for countless decades in the United States of America because of discrimination and social class system that was established, preventing people from coming out of poverty. This problem is directly related to discrimination among different race because individuals who are from a wealthy class owns businesses, thus deciding who will take which position.…

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    To be honest, I don’t have a lot of extracurricular activities due to school and work schedule, but I do have a passion for community service. Last summer, I volunteered at Second Harvest Food Bank. My job was very simple: sorting and packing food to distribute to people in need. I had a chance to work with other volunteers, sharing fun and experiences. Many nearby companies such as: Cisco, Samsung, and Intel came there to volunteer also. This experience brought me a great sense of sharing when…

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    assigned to different stations of large boxes filled with different foods such as bananas, avocados, nuts, juice packs, etc. My group was in charge of placing certain amounts of avocados into plastic net bags. While picking the…

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