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2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"Every night when Sonia goes to bed, Mami asks her the same question: How did you help today? And since Sonia wants to help her community, just like her Mami does, she always makes sure she has a good answer to Mami’s question. In a story inspired by her own family’s desire to help others, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes young readers on a journey through a neighborhood where kids and adults, activists and bus drivers, friends and...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
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"A goat that does tricks. A lamb in pajamas. A celebrity who offers Blaire the opportunity of a lifetime. Things are never boring at Pleasant View Farm! Things get interesting at school, too. Blaire's determined to find a BIG idea for the Community Service Challenge. Her project becomes personal when she befriends a young girl at the local food pantry. With a love of cooking and a farm full of fresh ingredients, Blaire soon has a plan for making a...
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Quick response research report volume 144
Pub. Date
[2002]
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This research project is exploratory and focuses on the motivations, observations, behaviors, and changes experienced by spontaneous volunteers responding to the World Trade Center attacks.
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Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco. Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband’s venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also freed from her responsibility as a board member of the company. Bringing with her only a few personal treasures, she is excited to move into the blank slate of a beautiful midtown penthouse, in the...
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Furry Friends Animal Shelter volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
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Gaby Ramirez Howard works at the animal shelter, writing adoption advertisements to help nice animals find amazing homes. She feels like she ought to write one for herself now that her mother has been deported to Honduras. With no place to turn Gaby throws herself into school and her work, loving the attention she gets from one cat at the shelter named Feather. When Gaby does something rash--like sneaking Feather out--she forgot to factor in that...
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Modern society is plagued by fragmentation. The various sectors of our communities - businesses, schools, social services, churches, government - do not work together. This book explores a way of thinking about that creates an opening for authentic communities to exist and details what each of us can do to make that happen.
15) What's my role?
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Pub. Date
c2012
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Explores ways in which young people can make a difference in the home, the lives of others, and the community.
16) Volunteering
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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"In this book, readers will learn about one of the important duties of active citizens. Why should we volunteer? What are organizations you can support? Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry"--
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[2014]
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An injured rodeo performer decides to use his disability to teach young foster children his roping skills. He meets a social worker at the home where the foster children live, and hopes she doesn't return to her inner-city work in Denver, as he's falling quickly in love.
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Pub. Date
[2008]
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Travelers are showing a huge interest in the fast-growing sector known as experiential tourism--vacations that encompass heritage, culture, nature, ecology, and soft adventure. In the footsteps of the briskly selling The 100 Best Vacations to Enrich Your Life featuring North American destinations, our new title extends these ardent travelers' sights to global scale. From helping to build a health clinic in Tanzania to learning massage in Thailand...
20) United we stand
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Series
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes many of the things corporations and individuals did to help, both in the United States and in other countries, after the terrorist attacks of September 11, such as donating money, blood, food, and supplies, creating memorials, and volunteering in various capacities.
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