I have volunteered at several different homeless shelters in areas such as New York City, Washington D.C., and Toronto, Canada.   The whole American population, if not the whole world sees these areas of North America as having the largest homeless population.   This estimate is far from wrong.   I could not walk down the street in any of these areas wit...

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The man for whom I was waiting finally arrived, carrying with him a slight stench of sweat into the already musky room. He had a brace wrapped around his back, which intrigued me a bit, as I had been told he had had a major accident earlier in his life. The lady in charge directed him to me, and he walked to the seat beside me with a bit of a limp. My task as a volunt...

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A trait my parents began instilling in me, at a young age, was and still is - community service. Their words were: “You need to do something for someone without expecting anything in return”. At first, I could not understand why I would give of myself, my time, my talent, or my treasurers, just giving them away. However, now when I see the joy I can ...

     We were crammed in the back of the bus as we bumped through the busy streets. The air was hot and steamy and smelled like burning trash. My missions’ team was driving through Managua, the capitol of Nicaragua. We entered La Chureca through a broken iron gate. Dolls’ heads on stakes stared at us as we entered. Our interpreter with Forward Ed...

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California, I have experienced a wide range of diversity in the classroom, in social situations, and through my golf experiences. I have also had many opportunities to travel around the country working with participants from different First Tee Chapters throughout the country. Not only am I a participant of First Tee, I...

 For most of us, the boundaries between our bodily senses are clear-cut and rigid. But for a few rare individuals, the demarcation between vision and hearing, or between taste and touch, are less solid, with one bleeding into the other.  These people have a condition called "synesthesia," in which two or more of the senses are crossed. Some see colors when ...

  PROJECT:   EAST VILLAGERS SERVICE SCHOLAR ESSAY CONTEST 2010 PROMPT #2  WHY IS COMMUNITY SERVICE IMPORTANT IN YOUR LIFE?                                       ...