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Josh Turov tells of his day at the Veterans Administration Hospital Nursing Home in Charleston, S.C during his time wtih AmeriCorps*NCCC where he met Ron--an elderly man whom no one could understand. Armed with compassion and a patient spirit and with the help of paper towels, Josh found that Ron was more than worth listening to.
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RSVP volunteer Lucy Kuminecz has made nearly 2,000 dolls and teddy bears that are given to children by hospitals, police departments, and family service agencies. Because of her dedication to volunteering, she was asked to greet President Bush at the airport on a swing through South Bend, IN.
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Blending service-learning and character education to promote strong citizenshipCharacter education is one way to help students develop the efficacy they will need to further the democratic ideals of our society by becoming caring and ethical adults. Through service-learning, schools across the nation are creating approaches to character development that are formal, intentional, purposeful, and systematic. This effective practice shares ways to integrate service-learning and character education, and is excerpted from the publication, Service Learning and Character Education: Walking the Talk, (2000) by Swick et al., published by the South Carolina Department of Education, in partnership with the National Dropout Prevention Center, with funding by the Corporation for National and Community Service. | Read more |
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