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Sacred Heart Community Center: Assignment

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Trevor Aremu
Poli 1
3-17-15
Civic Essay Assignment I recently volunteered at the Sacred Heart Community center. This is a community center whose objective is to create a community free of poverty, and provide opportunity. There they provide civilians who are stricken with poverty, hunger, homelessness with the a shelter and the tools for that individual to get back on their feet. They provide needs for a whole family, along with the interpersonal skills needed for survival of the daily struggles of life. During my recent tenure, I was tasked to work in the clothes warehouse. This area is filled with clothing and is set up like a neighborhood Marshall’s or Ross but instead …show more content…

It has come to my attention that San Jose's poverty rates have increased by 20% in the past 2 years.The average income of Hispanics has dipped to $19,000 which is way below the average of surviving off, due to the average cost of rent in San Jose is $2000 a month. Though it seems business is better than ever in the Valley, for the likes of Google, Apple, Facebook, etc, it seems to me that San Jose is going through its own crisis within the city. Support groups like "Working Partnerships USA" and other local support groups like Sacred Heart and Red Cross, etc., have really made an effort in changing these statistics, but without the help of these thriving companies, San Jose will linger on with the unfortunate issues people are currently dealing with. To conclude my assessment, I believe as a community, we need to do more to give back to our community Whether it be by volunteering at a shelter or volunteering to help read books to underprivileged children, are involvement matters. If the youthful members of Silicon Valley decide to stand together, as a unit, the impact will be well received, and really show the change we are trying to bring into the community. We are the future of this community, it is time to put our best foot

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