Essays on Community

The Patriot Pantry is managed by student workers within the realm of the Student Support and Advocacy Center in the Division of University Life. The Patriot Pantry provides non-perishable food and personal care items to George Mason University students who are unable to afford them. The pantry provides services through donations from the local community;…

Introduction Communities in each and every part of the world find themselves faced by numerous problems and challenges ranging from environmental, political, economical and security problems. It is always important for each community to establish the problems it is facing and come up with objectives. The community should also as much as possible try to…

When people come together with the same vision of helping and changing a community s way of living, it is essentially what community development is all about. Community development has many different definitions, however they are all based around the same values. The main value community development maintains is that it is about creating and…

Though, the concept of community service is not very new its importance has developed in the past few years. There are thousands of organizations all over the world that engage and hold millions of young people all through the world. People of all age groups, with a maximum number of youth are involved in the…

How Teen Pregnancy Impacts a Community Marna L. Diaz Mental Health and Community Concepts Milwaukee Area Technical College February 19, 2012 Abstract Even though rates have declined over the last 20 years, the United States still has one of the highest instances of pregnancy among adolescents in the developed world (Magness, 2012). The rates of…

As Henry the 8th said to one of his wives, “I won’t keep you long”. Good evening, members and guests of the Lions Club. The average American high school student is in school 7 hours a day, from 8AM to 3PM and is asleep 9 hours a day, from 10PM to 7AM. Over the years,…

Cuba is an island in the Caribbean that is perceived to be stuck in the 1960s. Due to the embargo that the United States placed on Cuba, it is not as developed, still having cars for the ’50s and ’60s as well as not having the advancements in medicine like many other developed nations. Cuba…

Enrollment into community colleges has increased dramatically through the years. Numerous students are choosing to attend community college for the first two years rather than a four-year university. As tuition inflates each year, student enrollment is starting to decrease. “According to the College Board, in 2011-2012, tuition and fees cost an average of $28,500 at…

Sexual transmitted infections have affected our society to enhance their technology and improve medicine to better help those infected but as well as those who are are not infected. In particular, Chlamydia has had the highest diagnosed rate in bacterial sexual infections, affecting our young adults the most. Sexually transmitted infections are related to sociology,…

This does not involve all the problems faced by a local community but it does build up confidence to tackle such problems as effectively as any local action can. Community development works at the level of local groups and organizations rather than with individuals or families. The range of local groups and organizations representing communities…