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2. Community service - Wikipedia

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   service is a non-paying job performed by one person or a group of people for the benefit of their community or its institutions. Community service is distinct from volunteering, since it is not always performed on a voluntary basis and may be performed for a variety of reasons, including: . Required by a government as a part of citizenship requirements, like the mandatory "Hand and hitch-up ...

3. Free Breakfast for Children - Wikipedia

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   Black Panther Party's Survival Programs. The Free Breakfast for Children Program was one among more than 60 community social programs created by the Black Panther Party. [7] They were renamed Survival Programs in 1971. [8] These were operated by party members under the slogan, "Survival pending revolution".

4. Volunteering - Wikipedia

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   Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor, often for community service. [1][2] Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve on an as-needed basis, such as in response to a natural disaster.

5. Kids Help Phone - Wikipedia

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   Website. kidshelpphone.ca. Kids Help Phone (French: Jeunesse, J’écoute) is a Canadian charitable organization that provides online and telephone counselling and volunteer-led, text-based support in English and French to youth across Canada. Kids Help Phone also provides information on how to access community support services for youth.

6. AmeriCorps - Wikipedia

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   AmeriCorps VISTA, or Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), was founded in 1965 as a domestic version of the Peace Corps. The program was incorporated into AmeriCorps and renamed AmeriCorps VISTA to create AmeriCorps in 1993. [8] VISTA provides full-time members to nonprofit, faith-based and other community organizations, and public agencies ...

7. Social services - Wikipedia

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   Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged. [1] They may be provided by individuals, private and independent organizations, or administered by a government agency. [1] Social services are connected with the concept of welfare and ...