Doing Good for the Aged: Volunteers in an Ombudsman Program
ISBN: 9780275976989 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book is about the subjective and objective outcomes of the work of volunteer advocates in nursing facilities. The majority of the volunteers were older, and they served older persons through their work in an ombudsman program. The extent of involvement of older persons in volunteering suggests its importance to them, and it increasingly sustains human service programs for both the young and old. Despite an increased emphasis on independent and assisted living for older persons, the need for oversight of care, welfare, and rights of the aged in nursing facilities remains.... This book is about the subjective and objective outcomes of the work of volunteer advocates in nursing facilities. The majority of the volunteers w... |
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301,46 zł |
Teenagers and Community Service: A Guide to the Issues
ISBN: 9780275979768 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Community service is increasingly recognized as an important vehicle for promoting positive development among adolescents. This book provides teenagers, parents, teachers, professionals, and concerned adults with current and useful information. Included are resources for middle school, high school, and college students. Those organizing and running programs will find a wealth of material for development and improvement, including: An examination of the characteristics of effective programs, the young people who engage in service, and those who benefit Practical strategies for... Community service is increasingly recognized as an important vehicle for promoting positive development among adolescents. This book provides teena... |
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301,46 zł |
Social Planning and Human Service Delivery in the Voluntary Sector
ISBN: 9780313238925 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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Courage is Contagious: Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the Face of America
ISBN: 9780385491488 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A modern-day Profiles in Courage about twenty people who are doing heroic things to improve the lives of their fellow Americans.
Now available in trade paperback, Courage Is Contagious is a remarkable document about everyday people helping to reshape America. Written by Congressman John Kasich, the book profiles twenty men and women from across the country who have, through their own courage, determination, and generous hearts, attempted to improve the lot of their fellow citizens. The values they exhibit, Congressman Kasich argues, are the very values we as a society need to encourage... A modern-day Profiles in Courage about twenty people who are doing heroic things to improve the lives of their fellow Americans.
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81,80 zł |
Community Volunteers in Japan : Everyday stories of social change
ISBN: 9780415323161 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Volunteering is a highly visible phenomenon in Japan, adopted as a meaningful social activity by millions of Japanese, and covered widely in the Japanese media. This book, based on extensive original research, explores the reality of volunteering in an urban residential Japanese neighbourhood.
Volunteering is a highly visible phenomenon in Japan, adopted as a meaningful social activity by millions of Japanese, and covered widely in the Japan...
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702,94 zł |
How You Can Help: An Easy Guide to Doing Good Deeds in Your Everyday Life
ISBN: 9780415922975 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This is a book for anyone who wants to make the world a better place but doesn't know how. The book should help you understand your own level of do-gooding and/or do-gooder potential as well as understanding what your interests and skills are in order to direct them at a given goal. This book should help you find opportunities for helping others and give you ideas for ways you can help. It is broken into five sections, entitled: what is a genuine do-gooder?; the roles of a do-gooder - volunteers, donors, citizens, careers; finding nearby windows of opportunity; the power to create change; and...
This is a book for anyone who wants to make the world a better place but doesn't know how. The book should help you understand your own level of do-go...
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208,23 zł |
Visions of Charity: Volunteer Workers and Moral Community
ISBN: 9780520221451 / Angielski / Miękka / 299 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In the United States, public talk about charity for the poor is highly moralistic, even in our era of welfare reform. But how do we understand the actual experience of caring for the poor? This study looks at the front lines of volunteer involvement with the poor and homeless to assess what volunteer work means for those who do it. Rebecca Allahyari profiles volunteers at two charities--Loaves & Fishes and The Salvation Army--to show how they think about themselves and their work, providing new ways for discussing charity and morality. Allahyari explores these agencies' differing...
In the United States, public talk about charity for the poor is highly moralistic, even in our era of welfare reform. But how do we understand the act...
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192,83 zł |
Roots of Civic Identity: International Perspectives on Community Service and Activism in Youth
ISBN: 9780521028400 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book brings together an international collection of essays that describes the state of community participation among the world's youth. Authors from around the globe use fresh empirical data to present portraits of contemporary youths constructing their civic identities through such means as community service and political activism. The image of "Generation X" as socially disconnected and apathetic is contradicted by young people's efforts to comprehend the complexities of society and to work toward the realization of social-moral ideals. The findings in this volume contribute to a...
This book brings together an international collection of essays that describes the state of community participation among the world's youth. Authors f...
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235,61 zł |
Politics and Volunteering in Japan
ISBN: 9780521869492 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Politics and Volunteering begins by painting a portrait of volunteering in Japan, and demonstrates that our current understandings of civil society have been based implicitly on a U.S. model that does not adequately consider participation patterns found in other parts of the world. The book develops a theory of civic participation that, incorporates citizen attitudes about governmental and individual responsibility, with societal and governmental practices that support (or hinder) volunteer participation. This theory is tested using cross-national and sub-national statistical analysis, and it...
Politics and Volunteering begins by painting a portrait of volunteering in Japan, and demonstrates that our current understandings of civil society ha...
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450,26 zł |
Cases of Problematic Communication from College Students
ISBN: 9780595305681 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) There is a mistaken assumption in many social sciences that knowledge will automatically translate into action. Based on this assumption, textbooks for basic oral communication, a required course in many college campuses, attempt to ameliorate students' communicational behaviors by teaching them knowledge about communication: theories, concepts, and terms. Not only failing their attempt, these textbooks also estrange students by belaboring what is "common sense" in students' perception.
However, in reality, numerous social problems are not because of a lack of knowledge, but because of a... There is a mistaken assumption in many social sciences that knowledge will automatically translate into action. Based on this assumption, textbooks fo...
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55,76 zł |
Voice of the Poor: Citizen Participation for Rebuilding New Orleans
ISBN: 9780595400645 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In the history of New Orleans, there are those who make policy and those who are forced to live by policy. To help balance the scales, " Voice of the Poor: Citizen Participation Informing Public Policy for Rebuilding New Orleans" focuses on low-income residents, mostly African Americans, whose views are needed to help rebuild the shattered city in a way that will make it more sustainable, inclusive, and economically competitive than it was before Hurricane Katrina.
Through citizen participation, everyone's voice can be heard. As a result, New Orleans will become more equitable. "Voice of... In the history of New Orleans, there are those who make policy and those who are forced to live by policy. To help balance the scales, " Voice of the ...
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Volunteer Tales
ISBN: 9780718830304 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) "During the last night at Boca de Tomates, a violent tropical storm raged across the coast, stampeding through the camp and devastating our home. We watched in awe as the already-slanting structure swayed precariously around us, as chunks of the roof flew off into the sky and as a nearby palm tree was struck by lightning. . . . Our comfortable Brighton flat and the once ubiquitous chatter of house prices and internet millionaires seemed a world away." A great number of people consider volunteering at some point in their life and this is a nuts and bolts guide to volunteering full of honest...
"During the last night at Boca de Tomates, a violent tropical storm raged across the coast, stampeding through the camp and devastating our home. We w...
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121,86 zł |
365 Ways to Change the World: How to Make a Difference-- One Day at a Time
ISBN: 9780743297783 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) You want to make a difference in the world, but don't know where to begin. Now you can. Here is just the guide to lots of exciting ways that are more personal and fun than merely writing a check. For every day of the year, 365 Ways to Change the World is packed with information and ideas that don't take a lot of special skills to put into action, but will achieve something positive:
You want to make a difference in the world, but don't know where to begin. Now you can. Here is just the guide to lots of exciting ways that are more ...
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107,58 zł |
Serve and Learn: Implementing and Evaluating Service-Learning in Middle and High Schools
ISBN: 9780805844207 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This volume makes two important contributions: First, it provides a framework grounded in theory and best professional practice that middle and high school teachers, their students, and community partners can use to design, implement, and evaluate service-learning projects that address authentic community needs. Second, it demonstrates ways collaborative service-learning can enhance students' intellectual development, promote their academic achievement, strengthen their citizenship skills, and accelerate the kinds of educational accountability and reform initiatives emphasized in the national...
This volume makes two important contributions: First, it provides a framework grounded in theory and best professional practice that middle and high s...
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676,90 zł |
Serve and Learn: Implementing and Evaluating Service-Learning in Middle and High Schools
ISBN: 9780805844214 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This volume makes two important contributions: First, it provides a framework grounded in theory and best professional practice that middle and high school teachers, their students, and community partners can use to design, implement, and evaluate service-learning projects that address authentic community needs. Second, it demonstrates ways collaborative service-learning can enhance students' intellectual development, promote their academic achievement, strengthen their citizenship skills, and accelerate the kinds of educational accountability and reform initiatives emphasized in the national...
This volume makes two important contributions: First, it provides a framework grounded in theory and best professional practice that middle and high s...
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208,23 zł |
Heroic Efforts: The Emotional Culture of Search and Rescue Volunteers
ISBN: 9780814751848 / Angielski / Miękka / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Winner of the 2006 Outstanding Recent Contribution Award from the American Sociological Association, Sociology of Emotions Section Many search and rescue workers voluntarily interrupt their lives when they are called upon to help strangers. They awake in the middle of the night to cover miles of terrain in search of lost hikers or leave work to search potential avalanche zones for missing skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobilers in blizzard conditions. They often put their own lives in danger to rescue stranded, hypothermic kayakers and rafters from rivers. Drawing on six years... Winner of the 2006 Outstanding Recent Contribution Award from the American Sociological Association, Sociology of Emotions Section Many searc... |
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124,92 zł |
Journey of the Heart: A Playscheme With The Orphans of Romania
ISBN: 9781411624948 / Angielski / Miękka / 91 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In July 2004, the author volunteered to work at a summer camp for Romanian orphans. "These children epitomized the word SURVIVOR. They were loving, energetic, and full of life despite the trauma of their existence. I found them needy, emotionally draining, and champions at overcoming their sorrow and loss. Etched in my heart are the stories of their lives." Journey of the Heart recounts the author's experience and the deeply moving stories of these children. All proceeds from this book will be donated to Children on the Edge.
In July 2004, the author volunteered to work at a summer camp for Romanian orphans. "These children epitomized the word SURVIVOR. They were loving, en...
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98,77 zł |
The New Volunteerism: A Community Connection
ISBN: 9781412806855 / Angielski / Miękka / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This unique volume is a case study of a successful and innovative program using case aide volunteers to deinstitutionalize mental patients. It will serve as an important reference for professionals, teachers, and administrators who are involved in the "business" of human services and require concrete information on how to develop effective volunteer programs to bridge the widening gap between services and needs.
This unique volume is a case study of a successful and innovative program using case aide volunteers to deinstitutionalize mental patients. It will se...
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229,06 zł |
Leadership and Management of Volunteer Programs: A Guide for Volunteer Administrators
ISBN: 9781555425319 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Describes the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of professional managers to effectively involve volunteers in the work of organizations. Offers thorough guidance on how to perform key tasks such as staffing, recruitment, motivation, program evaluation, and managing relationships between paid staff and volunteers.
Describes the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of professional managers to effectively involve volunteers in the work of organizations. Offer...
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246,65 zł |
Habitat for Humanity: Building Private Homes, Building Public Religion
ISBN: 9781566398039 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Habitat for Humanity "RM", a grassroots house-building ministry founded in 1976 by evangelical Christians, is one of the best-known and most widely popular nonprofit organizations in operation today. With approximately 1500 local Habitat affiliates in the United States and more than 250 abroad in fifty countries, the organization has constructed more than 85,000 homes primarily by mobilizing concerned citizens, who include about 250,000 American volunteers each year.
The author tells the story of Habitat's development and the special fervor it evokes among volunteers and those for whom it... Habitat for Humanity "RM", a grassroots house-building ministry founded in 1976 by evangelical Christians, is one of the best-known and most widely po...
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150,95 zł |