Midterm

A. Justify why should you be part of your community.

    -  I should be part of it because I live there. I want to share my opinions and help others using community service :) I want to join our community projects for organizing it. All people living in that community must be part of it. They should know what's on it. 

B. 10 Things that I need to do to enhance my Community.

1. Organize a food drive. Reach out to your local food pantry to see what the greatest need is. From there, it’s as simple as putting the call out to your circle to create awareness and organize the logistics of pick-up and drop-off. Placing ads in or writing a letter to the editor of your local paper or leveraging Facebook can help your campaign reach more people.
2. Clean up your community. Organize a group of family and friends and set aside one day a week or month to get together and pick up the litter and trash on the roadsides or beaches in your community. It doesn't have to be just your street that you clean up either. Take turns cleaning each other's streets or pick a different street or section of road each time. Just be sure to take proper safety precautions.
3. Plan social activities in your community such as cookouts, ball games, barbecues, festivals, parades, or other annual events. This can be a great way to get people in the community involved by coming out and getting to know each other. It will also show any visitors to your community that it is a friendly and pleasant place to live. Set good examples .
4. A great way to improve your community is not by concentrating on the faults of your neighbors but by setting a good example of behavior yourself. Be friendly and outgoing to your neighbors and keep your home clean, your trash picked up, and your yard mowed. Don't be overly loud or disruptive in the neighborhood.
5. Give back to your community by volunteering. There are a lot of worthy causes, and they could be as simple as volunteering to coach the kid's neighborhood ball team, organizing a bake sale or fundraiser for someone that may be sick or needy in your community, volunteering at a homeless shelter or soup kitchen, or helping or visiting an elderly person who otherwise may not have any family to do so.
6. Be active in your community by taking part in local activities such as church events, charities, town hall meetings, or community voting. If it affects you and your community, take part and voice your opinion.
7. Volunteer at a local school, senior center, hospital or animal shelter. These are four places that are always looking for a few extra hands. Whether its to share a skill or experience, help with simple tasks or just to lend an ear and laugh a bit, connecting with your neighbors int this way is priceless. You can never under-estimate the order of simple interactions between two beings.
8. Get involved in town/city government. Most municipal governments (especially the smaller ones) are helped by a network of volunteer commissions and boards that tackle everything from recycling to economic development to arts & culture. These are often very important elements of community living that don’t always get the time and attention they need.
9. Give blood. This is one of the easiest things you could ever do to help someone. Blood banks are always in need of more. As the American Red Cross says, “Give the gift of life.”
10. Join or start a Common Security Club. This is a bit smaller in scale than spearheading a Transition Town initiative, but no less important. Common Security Clubs got their start by people wanting to figure out ways of better understanding and weathering the uncertainties of our economic and ecological times. They come together to talk it through and figure out ways to weather the proverbial storm.