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In 2011 the company had a total of 1,884 volunteer hours. Some of the organizations they volunteered for: Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Relay for Life, Recovery Walk, Brickfest, Habitat for Humanity, College of the Ouachitas, United Way, Malvern/Hot Spring County and the Greater Hot Springs Chambers of Commerce, Back to School Blast, 4-H, Linden Street Daycare, food drives for the Rose Food Pantry and Jackson House (ig.libertyonline, 2012). Youth Literacy is another organization they donate to. Diamond Lake Federal Credit Union believes in a positive influence on the
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I deliver all the training myself and am responsible for the recruitment and selection every 6 months of 25-30 new students, all 18+ but mostly in the 35-55 age range and supervising up to 20 voluntary work experience placements for graduating students with a number and variety of local social care service providers including rehabilitation homes, detoxification units, supported housing, homeless hostels, magistrates court, probation and more. I also support them into employment, providing assistance with interview skills, C.V.’s, application forms and job research The most important part of this process is ‘the learner’ and presenting the material in a way that appeals to and engages everyone in a
As a combination worship and fellowship space, worship services are shared on Sunday mornings and meals are served on Wednesday nights. Years since have seen the construction of an additional building in 2009 to be used for varied education ministries. But the history of buildings and growth is simply a reflection of the church’s ministries. The property and the buildings are tools to assist the congregation in following and growing Christ. Because of the tools of meeting space, ministries of the church and other Christian fellowships can occur throughout the week.
Over the years they have built over 30 homes for needy families in Leland. The founders of the Leland Habitat for Humanity are James and Mary Beth Baker. This organization is a non -profit and they don’t use government funding. They raise every penny to build homes for families in the city of Leland. People from all over the country have donated money to this organization because just to keep it operating and putting smiles on families faces.
Written Campaign Proposal Me’shelle Williams ECE205 Introduction to Child Development Instructor Sara McBride October 5, 2014 Let’s Play I. Proposal Let’s Play is a community partnership that is led by Dr Pepper Snapple Group to get children and their families to play nationwide. After launching the Let’s Play initiative in 2011, they made a three year, 15 million commitment to KaBOOM! The company built 41 playgrounds with more than 2,300 DPS employees contributing nearly 19,000 volunteer hours in the constructions. Grants are provided ranging from $500 to 30,000 for improvement of another 2,004 playgrounds (http://www.letsplay.com).
My final project with Chesapeake Childcare Department was to create a grid to track the vendor visits by the Social Workers and to work with the workers on the training seminar. The vendor training seminar was a gear towards getting all the credentials up-to-date in our records and to have all the memorandum agreements signed, which are used to pay the vendors. The Department of Human Services service almost 36,000 residents each year. The people we serve are those who suffer hardship or who have been unable to participate fully in social and economic life of the community. We provide cash aid for people in need through a network of local, state, and federal assistance programs.
Organizational Overview McKinley Park is one of seven community centers located in Oklahoma and Canadian Counties. Combining all the community centers staff totals to over 360 individuals and thousands of volunteers. They are open year round: Monday- Friday, 11 am thru 6 pm. These centers help people with social services such as food, housing, clothing, prescription assistance, GED classes, drug & alcohol abuse counseling, and free electronic filing of Federal & State Income Tax. Additionally, McKinley Park offers youth basketball, football, and baseball among other sports.
I was the class president during which I was in charge of fundraising for our class trip and setting up graduation. I was involved in many service-based organizations, these include Junior Ambassadors, Student Council and National Honor Society (NHS), and each group required that I met a certain amount of volunteer hours. Student Council revolved around volunteering at school events while Jr. Ambassadors and NHS revolved around volunteering for the community. Every year I was involved in Dream Makers where we bought toys for underprivileged kids during Christmas.