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Volunteerism: How I Have Impacted My Community

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How you have impacted your community through volunteerism and how you plan to use your education, talents, and personal attributes to improve your community.
In life there are moments when one realizes that giving back to their community is more important than their selfish deeds, one receives something more important than their own pleasure, knowledge or experience. By helping others we are able gain experience on how to care for children because my goal is to become a kindergarten teacher. I have impacted my community by volunteering at a local organization called the Urban Bridge and Cliff House Community, an organization that helps elementary and middle school students after school with their homework and offer them a mentor that will
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