INTRODUCTION: The builder and developer of the Elkins Lake community in Huntsville, Texas, was a committed Baptist businessman. Out of his concern for the working staff of that growing community, he asked the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Huntsville to lead an Easter service on Easter Sunday of 1970. Though the original attendees were primarily the employees of the community, the community’s residents gradually began attending the informal services, as well. They even drove up and sat in their golf carts when the services were held outside in the spring and summer. HISTORY: One year after that initial service, those regular attendees of fifty-two folks chartered Elkins Lake Baptist Church on April 4, 1971.
Introduction _________ In February of 2008 the organization “Stand up For Seniors” was founded in Zumbrota, MN. It was conceived from an idea from local churches and community leaders who experienced the needs of the aging town population. It serves the community as a whole in assisting seniors in a multitude of daily living tasks. The purpose of Stand Up For Seniors is to assist the aging population of the community in completing tasks, free of charge, around their homes or apartments. The goal of the organization is to serve the clients in completing tasks that they may not be able to anymore.
CATRINA SHARK SOCIOLOGY 200 02/7/2011 Page 1 I volunteer at The Leland Habitat for Humanity in Leland, Mississippi in December 4, 2010. I serve lunches and drinks to 65 crew workers who are building homes for needy families. I did my volunteer work on the weekends Saturdays and Sundays. Leland Habitat for Humanity organization was first created June 14, 1995. Over the years they have built over 30 homes for needy families in Leland.
Peoples Temple was founded in 1956 in Indiana as a racially integrated church that helped those in need. As Jones became more and more vocal, Indiana began putting pressure on him. He looked to California to move his church. Some 65 families followed him there. His focus in his sermons was of loyalty and sacrifice.
I was fundraiser for my local church and sat on the Board of Directors. I have traveled to and from Louisiana doing feasibility studies for new Churches. Opening new churches in Louisiana, training staff to be on the Board of
Generosity is one of the many attributes shown by the Gambin’s into this service, they “have spent more than $7.5 million of their own money” on the project. By helping the homeless with their teeth, the homeless are gaining some self-respect and self-worth, they are becoming more confident to haul themselves out of homelessness and to go and get a job. Government power is also a value apparent in the text, Kevin Rudd and the labour government are planning to provide $150 million in to improving life for the homeless. The values of our society help people through the journey or pilgrimage of life, they help determine right from
With a permanent staff of approximately 160, The Carter Center works to resolve conflict, advance democracy and human rights, and prevent disease and hunger around the world. In 1984 Carter and his wife began working with Habitat for Humanity, a Christian organization based just down the road from Plains, devoted to building low-cost housing for the poor. His work caused many Americans to reappraise the man they had voted out of office four years before. Now that he no longer served them from the White House, it seemed, people were free to appreciate the idealism and selflessness they had first appreciated in Carter in 1976. Though he is always representing the Carter Center in some capacity, Jimmy Carter has also carved out an individual role as an elder statesman.
Habitat has an international headquarters in Americus, Georgia and an administrative headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. These offices oversee 5 area offices that are located in different parts of the world, including the United States and Canada. With a presence of this magnitude, Habitat has been able to help more than 4 million people construct, rehabilitate or preserve homes since its founding in 1976, making Habitat the largest not-for-profit builder in the world (About Habitat for Humanity, 2014). Habitat for Humanity International continues to develop and support many special programs that help engage volunteers from all walks of life. Programs geared toward youth, college students, and women to name a few, help motivate different demographics to lend a hand and join a positive program that gives back to the less
Title: Zachary’s House Course: Ethical Issues in Human Services Name: Date: 12/18/2011 Instructor: The Zachary house for cancer came to me in a dream after my only nephew died, it is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing hope, and support for cancer patients who journey in life is uncertain. It is a place where people are given support, knowledge, and strength in a safe, relaxed, and positive environment. It gives people to feel like himself or herself and not as a hospital patient. The values and goals of this organization are to give a positive attitude of mind and to encourage
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