Students learn about the roles of bees in a colony and discuss how that relates to people in community. Bees have an important role in nature as pollinators, but their population numbers have been declining in recent years. Students write a letter or create a flyer to teach others how to help bees by planting native species.
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The Peace Corps is an independent federal agency that trains and places American citizens in countries around the world to work in localities alongside community members and leaders. The...
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The #MeToo Movement was founded in 2006. Initially, Tarana Burke, a social activist, created a "MeToo MySpace page to encourage and support black females and girls of color in poor communities who had survived
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The economic impact of the volunteer sector (also called the nonprofit or third sector) is extensive but nearly impossible to accurately estimate. Given the nature and reporting requirements of the
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In the aftermath of the Great Recession of 2008 and Chapter 9 bankruptcy, the city of Detroit, Michigan needed some serious help. Due to their shrinking tax-base, the city was over $18 billion in debt, unable to
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The term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has a fluid definition, and can vary across different corporate programs that benefit the community (Chandler, 2015). In simple terms, CSR is any action a
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