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Essay On Global Foundation

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My Understanding of Global Foundations From my early years engaged in Girl Scouts to participating in high school car washes to benefit various shelters, I have always believed in personal service to benefit the common good, both near and far. I remember canned food drives at Thanksgiving and turkey dinner deliveries during Christmas holidays. In my faith experience, I was also taught to give generously of my financial resources, not just my time. I remember saving coins in a box to help farmers in Guatemala purchase chickens. The importance of philanthropy was a consistent thread in our home, albeit broken and chaotic at times. My understanding of generosity comes from the joy of being a giver as well as a recipient of another’s gifts of …show more content…

My Experience with Community Engagement Activities As an adult, my first connection with a formal community engagement organization was in the late 1980s when my husband and I served on a study team for the Jacksonville Community Council (JCC) in Florida. Created in 1975, this non-profit’s mission was to assemble citizens from all walks of life for a one-year, in-depth study of a complex issue affecting the city and her residents. I don’t remember what issue we addressed, but I do remember gaining a greater appreciation for the complexity of public policy and the implementation of agreed-upon solutions. A variety of voices were invited to the discussion and time was allotted for thoughtful debate and analysis. The dynamic of “learning to disagree” was extremely valuable as we became aware of our own bias and preferences. The other significant community engagement opportunity in my more recent past is involvement as a volunteer and staff member for The Jobs Partnership of Florida. As a faith-based non-profit committed to employability training, we engaged hundreds of volunteers from diverse racial, socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds to serve alongside equally as diverse unemployed adults in a 12-week training program. Based on proven results, government entities created Memorandums of Understanding to offer the program to their

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