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How often have you engaged in Community Service?

Aparajita Bhattacharjee @apsmine9 (358) 7 Oct 24

I have never been a part of community service except for teaching value based books to slum kids and donating old clothes, books, stationeries, soft toys to poor kids in our region or wherever I had worked earlier. The idea of a...

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Serving The Blind

Peter Gagliardi @PeterGagliardi (132) • , Pennsylvania 21 Jun 18

I was walking the other day and I saw two blind people struggling to walk down the street. That reminded me of a service we provide to blind people, and this same service can be offered throughout the country. The program is...

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Senseless Kindness

KindredSoul @KindredSoul (126) • United States 15 Mar 18

Someone asked why do I have the elderly come to my house to eat. I responded, why not? I am thankful for my life. Yes, like everyone else I have challenges. But regardless, how difficult my life is, others have truly...

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Obituary for My Baby Doctor : Dr. Roz

cmoneyspinner @cmoneyspinner (9218) • Austin, Texas 3 Jun 17

Our family left Miami, Florida at the end of 1986 and we never returned. My husband and I started our family with our first child being born in 1977. For me, there was never a question of which baby doctor to take my children to...

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How important is community service today for social services?

kendedes2011 @kendedes2011 (2712) • Indonesia 5 Aug 11

What are the consequences of the civil service, for example, shortening of the diocese?

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The ideal job?

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 27 Aug 10

An employee in Norfolk Virginia has been pulling a salary and benefits and has not shown up for work in 12 years. Wow, thats great sick...

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So is community service on your time, or there time?

dragoncrystal @crysontherocks77 (1273) • United States 18 Aug 09

So, I know a lot of people do community service and volunteer. And that's not really what I'm talking about here. The reason I stated that question is because i have to go to Goodwill to do community service if i don't have a job...

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my son was arrested...

macdingolinger @macdingolinger (10385) • United States 23 Jul 09

He was only in eight grade. He got into a fight at school and they had a policy that stated they would be arrested for "disturbing the peace" if they fought. I had to pick him up at the police station! I could have fought it....

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Did Maria Shriver Ever Mention The Importanct Of Dinner Time In Her Own Life?

bettybest @bettybest (4) • Pakistan 1 Jun 09

I distinctly remember that Maria Shriver said on Oprah (the show where she came with her mother Eunice Kennedy Shriver) that her childhood dinnertimes consisted of their family talking about different things including how to help...

Draft Or Slavery...

twoey68 @twoey68 (13627) • United States 28 Mar 09

Recently I saw where the new GIVE bill passed the House. Basically it says that anyone 18-25 is mandated to serve 3 months at a type of a boot camp. It’s basically a draft. You don’t get a choice. Your kids don’t get a choice. I...

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TI gets sentenced

Effusive @Effusive (156) • United States 27 Mar 09

Ok so TI got sentenced today and got one year and one day. He also had to give up some property and got 1,500 hours of community service. He also got three years of supervised detention and has to pay 100,000 fine. My question to...

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giving back to the community

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Anonymous Donors Help With Woman's Heating Bills

kellys3ps @kellys3ps (3723) • United States 16 Jan 09

Thanks to the generosity of strangers, 72-year old, Mary Burris was able to pay her $500 electric bill. The woman's home doesn't have central heat and she was using her stove to generate heat. Her electricity was on the verge of...

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Do you do community service during the holidays?

cripfemme @cripfemme (7698) • United States 5 Dec 08

I do. I give to food banks and always buy for Toys for Tots. How about you?

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holidays

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Why do conservatives hate service?

cripfemme @cripfemme (7698) • United States 11 Nov 08

I've been reading a lot of conservative blogs and Mylot posts lately; God knows why. Obama's "call to service" for students seems to be the new whipping boy of these folks. My question is why; what's wrong with service. Do...

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Scouting For Food

maddysmommy @maddysmommy (16230) • United States 8 Nov 08

A few months ago our 6 yr old son joined the Tiger Cub Scouts and has been heavily involved in various community activities, fundraising events and Pack Meetings. Today we went along with The Pack to collect bags of food to...

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Volunteer Work for a teenager...

koalatbs @koalatbs (2229) • United States 7 Nov 08

Does anyone have any suggestions of kinds of places that my 13 year old son (14 next week) could do some volunteer work? He has to complete 20 hours of volunteer work every 9 weeks for school. When I was a teenager I did some...

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Mandatory community service for welfare recipients?

vellibiz @vellibiz (297) • United States 5 Sep 08

i was in another discussion and we came up with this, i believe people should have to work, unless proven disabled, to recieved welfare.it would be like our tax money circles back for manpower to service the community.what do you...

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What do you do in your community?

kcbabez14 @kcbabez14 (967) • United States 5 Aug 08

What necessary changes are needed in your community organization and how do you want to lead the process?

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Is property still more valuable than life or security?

MichaelJay @MichaelJay (1100) 24 Jul 08

So, the insurance swindling death-faking couple the Darwens (see the article if you are not familiar with the story) http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080723/tuk-uk-britain-canoeist-fa6b408.html both got 6 years in jail. They...

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do you do volunteer work?

athinapie @athinapie (1150) • Philippines 16 Apr 08

i did community service since it is required in our course. together with my groupmates, we saved enough money and painted a daycare center that was hardly a conducive are for learning before we came in. then we gave them school...

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volunteer

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