The Doer of Good Becomes Good: A Primer on VolunteerismHere is everything you ever wanted to know about community service. Ronald W. Poplau explores the major shortcomings of today's education and introduces community service as a viable means to correct them. The book is based on 11 years of a program that the State of Kansas enacted into law. The U.S. State Department later sent Poplau to Russia to share this program with Russian schools, and at any one time, one-fourth of the author's school, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, is enrolled in the program. There is a waiting list to get in the class, and this book can show you how to create the same phenomenon in your school. This book: examines how community service affects a student's person, explores why community service is needed now in all of our schools, documents with student testimonials how service not only changes them but also the community. Poplau contends that while technology is isolating all of us, and especially young students, it cannot be forgotten that human beings were meant to bond with one another. Students need to become involved with their fellow man, and with this in mind, the mission statement and title of the book is a simple one: The Doer of Good Becomes Good. For teachers and student activity directors. |
Contents
THE THREE RS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE | 1 |
SOUL FOOD FOR THE INNER PERSON | 15 |
MECHANICS OF A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM | 31 |
THE EFFECTS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ON STUDENTS | 45 |
AN INTERGENERATIONAL SERVICE MODEL | 61 |
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE | 71 |
THE FUTURE | 85 |
COMMUNITY COMMENTS | 91 |
AWARDS | 99 |
FORMS | 103 |
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR | |
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References to this book
A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts David Horton Smith,Robert A. Stebbins,Michael A. Dover Limited preview - 2006 |
A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts David Horton Smith,Robert A. Stebbins,Michael A. Dover No preview available - 2006 |