Serving Your Community!

Good Morning and Happy, Happy Friday!!  For today's blog, we have a 2 part question:

Part I:  Do you know that young people today in 2013 are serving their communities at record numbers. Each year, approximately 13 million teens give 2.4 billion hours of service back to their communities. Brainstorm as many ways that you could think of that you could "give back" and/or "serve" your community.  Can you give any examples of ways that you already have helped support your community?  List as many as you can and, for each one, make a note of how your action would and/or has benefited your community.

Part II:  Problems are part of life -- they go together with being alive. And every community has problems, too; they go together with being a community. Can you name the leading problems in your own community?  Below are some questions you can think about as you attempt to identify some issues:

• The problem occurs too frequently. (frequency)
• The problem has lasted for a while. (duration)
• The problem affects many people. (scope, or range)
• The problem is disrupting to personal or community life, and possibly intense. (severity)
• The problem deprives people of legal or moral rights. (equity)
• The issue is perceived as a problem. (perception)

Keep in mind that what is seen as a problem can vary from place to place, and from group to group in the same place.