Valencia Community College

Anchor institutes are enterprises which are firmly rooted in their communities and typically non-profit organizations such as universities and hospitals (Taylor & Luter, 2013). They have a deep seeded interest in their community, to ensure the safety and health of its members, and perseverance of success of their community. As shown by Taylor and Luter, anchor institutes contain four aspects: “spatial immobility, corporate status, size and the anchor mission: social purpose, democracy and…

Society is a very prestigious program that rewards students for their service in their communities, leadership skills, citizenship, and character. Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School highlights these important qualities and I honored to be selected to apply for the society. I believe my morals, love of service, and leadership skills make me a strong candidate to the National Junior Honor Society. Community service is a rewarding activity that, sadly, not many teens and preteens participate in…

small community in Brooklyn, New York, covering 2.898 square miles, with an estimated population 9.3,877 (cenus bureau 2013). The community, Canarsie is the connection point to many neighborhoods and boroughs. Exit 13 off the belt parkway, is one of the main entry point into the community. Major public transportation in the community are, the L train, located on rockaway parkway and six connecting bus lines that transport thousands of people on a daily basis to other standing communities.…

emotional burden on a child, who must cope with the lack of material goods and sometimes even basic amenities. Albeit, Esperanza and I both aspire to escape poverty and move to a safer neighborhood, both of us have vowed to return and assist our communities…

Empowerment in regard to community settings is a shared movement to enhance the quality of life of individuals in a specific community. While organization empowerment, can be defined as systems that encourage member participation as well as reaching goals. The term empowerment is complex and develops over time, although it can deteriorate as well. On an organizational level, empowerment of individuals is developed from specific characteristics within the organization that foster feelings of…

When I was in middle school I was part of a church group called Pathfinders; and being a part meant that every holiday the group would do volunteer work for the community. Around thanksgiving we would collect food, walking door to door, and later give it to a local food kitchen. And around Christmas time there would be a toy collection for families in need. Having this past experience under my belt, it motivated me to volunteer my time with other students from Kean at the local food pantry.…

friends. I struggled in understanding basic concepts of precalculus as a result of my preoccupation with my living situation, which led to poor grades. Yet, my friends were thriving in school, boasting fantastic grades and discussing plans for dream colleges. It discouraged me to hear how they were going to become successful doctors or engineers upon graduating from prestigious Ivy…

It promoted children to assist in their communities and create goals in order to accomplish what was necessary. “The major goal is to stimulate the students to take some definite follow-up actions as they begin to realize that one person can make a difference”(kidscanmakeadifference.org). In order…

Humans are defined as '' social animal '' because in every aspect of life they live together, they form groups and improve relations with each other. Interaction with others is a natural result of living in the community. In the process of interaction, community and social impact on the rules of each individual. If people face with a kind of social impact such as pressure groups, most of them demonstrate compliance with changing their behavior, ideas, and decisions in a way that is expected.…

It will be difficult to find a landlord who is willing to rent to our sort in a human neighborhood, it will be harder still to leave the safety of your community where you are loved and supported to go to a community which hates you and will seek at every turn to degrade you. You will come home from long days at a work to a small awful home and you will wince as you let your claws and fangs out, you will wish to take off your clothes…