Giving Back to the Community
By: Alexis Stevenson
1. Why is Giving Back to the Community a good idea?
2. What are the major reasons for giving back to the community?
3. Magazines articles/newspaper articles addressing Giving Back to the Commuity
4. Ideas of Giving Back to the Community
5. Organizations in Joliet
6. Programs that rely on volunteers
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Habitat for Humanity
Peace Corps
and much more
7. Quotes on the merits of giving back to your community
1. "From what we get, we can make a living; what we give can make a life." - Arthur Ashe
2. Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." - Albert Einstein
8. Vocabulary
1. Charity: an organization step up to provide and raise money for those in need
2. Donate: give (money or goods) for a good cause
3. Establish: set up (an organization, system) on a firm or permanent basis
4. Fundraising: a way nonprofit organizations obtain the money for their operations
5. Generous: showing kindness toward others
6. Hope: a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
7. Help: make it easier for someone to do something by offering services or resources
8. Impact: have a strong effect on someone or something
9. Kindness: a quality of being friendly
10. Leadership: the action of leading a group of people or an organization
11. Mission: the vocation or calling of an organization
12. Non profit: not making or conducting to make a profit
13. Teamwork: the combined action of a group of people
14. Volunteer: a person who freely offers to take part in a task
15. Wisdom: the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment