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Big Brothers Executive Director
1,752 wordsIn 1903 a man by the name of Irvin F. Westiemer encountered a young boy in an alley. This boy was searching for food in a garbage can. This unfortunate sight inspired him to organize an agency, which would be responsible for providing little boys who have no father figure, a male role model. This concept led to the creation of Big Brothers in the early 1900 s. Irvin F. Westiemer is responsible for a non-profit, North American wide, private social service. The theory of introducing a male role mo...
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People Who Receive Community Service Learn
434 wordsGiving money to a charity really should be given from the heart, not just to make people look better. Donating to the poor or the sick should not be just for recognition of oneself. Giving should be done, not to get a name in the newspaper or on a plaque, but to help those who are less fortunate. In order to make the giving valuable, to the giver, they should experience or witness the lives of the less fortunate or sick. Community service is a very valuable way to get something out of life and C...
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Mental Health Professionals Six Months
477 wordsMy assignment was to imagine that the Social Security system was about to go bankrupt and to create a plan or program to replace it. 1. Institute more job training programs for disabled. 2. Many disabled individuals are punished for working. Their social security checks are halted if they are employed. Even the paycheck from a 40 hour workweek is not enough to cover their medical and special assistance needs. Perhaps decrease their payments without canceling them so they can maintain a reasonabl...
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Blood Supply Red Cross
834 wordsThere is a crisis. It is the shortage of blood. We need more blood donors. There's no substitute for human blood -- vital for delivering oxygen and nutrients, removing waste, healing and fighting infection. A person's blood can, however, be shared with others. Every day, thousands of Americans in need of lifesaving blood, including trauma victims and surgery patients, rely on the efforts of volunteer blood donors. We need a steady flow of blood donors to keep our blood supply stable. Many people...
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Indiana Involvement Civil War
404 wordsIndiana was one of the earliest states in the Union to respond to Abraham Lincolns initial call for 75, 000 volunteers to put down the rebellion. Indiana's initial quota was for 7, 500 volunteers. The quota was quickly met and many thousands of potential volunteers were turned away to return to their homes disappointed. The nave assumption that the rebellion would be quickly ended, turned into a national nightmare of four years duration. Before the conflict ended, Indiana would be called upon to...
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Feeling Of Accomplishment Wheels On The Bus Kids
659 wordsWe sing, play, and jump around the basketball court. Bobby shoots the ball and scores! We sing the wheels on the bus with such a passion even the instructors sang along. The feeling of success overwhelmed both of us into a clinging hug. When I help out after school on Thursdays with the special needs outreach program I feel a connection with the kids there. A connection that a true friend feels. I feel as if I have help these kids grow emotionally and mentally through the year I have dedicated t...
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Sinn Fein British Rule
825 wordsLeaders and Men of the Easter Rising is a compilation of essays that were originally part of the Thomas Davis lecture series broadcasted on Radio Telefis Eirann (Irish Public Radio) in 1965. The lectures have been edited for print by F. X. Martin, who also produced the original radio series. In the editors words, The contributions are intended to cover as many aspects as possible of the events of Easter Week, 1916. Martin considers his compilation the first attempt at a cool appraisal of the Eas...
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Child Abuse Prevention First Degree Murder
2,480 wordsChild Abuse Laws David A. delpezzso ABSTRACT Child abuse is a social problem that affects millions of children each year. Not only does child abuse have multiple societal repercussions, but also individual repercussions that produce lifelong scars. There are many forms of child abuse; sexual, physical, verbal, and emotional. Some of the facts presented in this paper will be painful to absorb. That does not change the fact that these problems must be addressed. It has been reported that one out o...
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Child Abuse Prevention First Degree Murder
2,456 wordsChild abuse is a social problem that affects millions of children each year. Not only does child abuse have multiple societal repercussions, but also individual repercussions that produce lifelong scars. There are many forms of child abuse; sexual, physical, verbal, and emotional. Some of the facts presented in this paper will be painful to absorb. That does not change the fact that these problems must be addressed. It has been reported that one out of three girls, and one out of seven boys are ...
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Sexual Assault Domestic Violence
742 wordsThe Social Agency Oasis? mission is to provide services to battered women and their children. They feel everyone has th right to a life free from violence. Oasis does not necessarily try to end these abusive relationships they encounter, just the violence. They believe in self determination and support their clients in any decision they make. Oasis only wants what is best for everyone involved. They are the leading women? s advocate for this area. Eligibility requirements for Oasis, firstly the ...
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British Medical Journal Readers Digest
936 wordsThe Association Between Raves and Drugs Generally people associate raves (Underground Techno parties) with designer drugs like Ecstasy (MDMA), Speed (amphetamine) and other acids like LSD. These drugs are called the Techno Drugs for that reason and most of the time have uplifting and senator effects. To understand more clearly the relationship between the raves and these drugs, we first have to understand the philosophy behind the Techno era, and a little about the music. Techno, can lift the sp...
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Soldiers In The Army Barbarians
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Nazi Soldiers Concentration Camps
2,673 wordsPEOPLE ARE WILLING TO FOLLOW ORDERS THAT GO AGAINST THEIR MORALS? Tearful day when, from ashes, man shall rise to be judged guilty. ? These are the last words written by the great composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in his Requiem, or funeral mass. These words also describe the day that the Nazi soldiers were declared guilty and sentenced to death at Nuremberg. In the Nuremberg war crime trials, the Nazis pleaded not guilty to charges brought against them regarding the treatment of Jews in concent...
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People Who Receive Community Service Learn
449 wordsThe Best Way to Fix Greed Neil Christie Giving money to a charity really should be given from the heart, not just to make people look better. Donating to the poor or the sick should not be just for recognition of oneself. Giving should be done, not to get a name in the newspaper or on a plaque, but to help those who are less fortunate. In order to make the giving valuable, to the giver, they should experience or witness the lives of the less fortunate or sick. Community service is a very valuabl...
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Ulysses S Grant Robert E Lee
2,816 wordsUlysses S. Grant rose to command all the Federal armies in the Civil War and lead them to victory. He was respected so much that he went on to be president of the United States for two terms. His time of glory didnt last forever though, he developed cancer and died bankrupt. Ulysses Hiram Grant was born April 27, 1822, in a two room frame house at Point Pleasant, Ohio (Ulysses S. Grant 1). His father, Jesse Root Grant, was foreman in a tannery and a farmer. His mother, Hannah Simpson Grant, was ...
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Aggressive Behavior Violent Juvenile
801 wordsI. Marijuana causes behavioral changes A. Chronic Marijuana users become more aggressive during withdrawal. People who have smoked marijuana daily for many years display more aggressive behavior when they stop smoking the drug, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School. The study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, is further evidence that a withdrawal syndrome is associated with abstinence from long-term marijuana use, a...
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World War Ii Millions Of People
1,264 wordsIn this paper I will explain Meals on Wheels and how it got started, where it is located, what they do, who they serve, how they re funded, areas of volunteer service (volunteers and training), how Meal on Wheel benefits the community, and the history of the program. This program got started as an experimental meal program after the war that only served seven seniors. A lot of homes were lost during the war due to German planes that bombed homes and for those that were fortunate enough to keep t...
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Animals To Sleep Painlessly Cruelty To Animals People
656 wordsA Beagle becomes a chain smoker in a medical lab. He smokes through a machine linked to his wind pipe by a tube. This experiment is designed to study the connection between smoking and lung disease. Between seventeen and twenty-two million animals are used in research each year. Another astonishing fact is that city pounds put to sleep between ten and sixteen point seven million dogs and cats each year. Well I know you are all saying Yeah, Yeah but it is painless and the pounds are humane becaus...
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Mental Health Professionals Social Security System
488 wordsProposal For A Replacement Of The Failing Proposal For A Replacement Of The Failing Social Security System My assignment was to imagine that the Social Security system was about to go bankrupt and to create a plan or program to replace it. Outline 1. Institute more job training programs for disabled Many disabled individuals are punished for working. Their social security checks are halted if they are employed. Even the paycheck from a 40 hour workweek is not enough to cover their medical and sp...
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Guardian Ad Litem Guardian Ad Litem Program Child
361 wordsThe Guardian Ad Litem Program The Guardian Ad Litem Program represents children who appear in the state courts. These children have not committed any crime but are victims of abuse, neglect or abandonment. The program is comprised of volunteers who represent children in the courts, making sure they do not become victims of the system. Each volunteer works with one or more children involved in the judicial system and social services agencies, becoming familiar with there lives, while representing...
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