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1. The FACTS:

Describe the organization and its role in the community.
Desribe your function or role within this project/community.
How many hours did you volunteer? Between what dates?

2. Essay set-up:

Your essay should be approximately 3 paragraphs in length & submitted with your Documentation sheet to Arlene Potvin, Coordinator in the Feinstein Office, Room 104 in the Student Lounge, CT Building.

3. Essay Submission

At the Feinstein Program Office—Room 104 in the Student Lounge
By e-mail: submit both the documentation sheet & essay to: apotvin@neit.edu
By US mail to:

Arlene Potvin, Coordinator
Feinstein Enriching America Program
New England Institute of Technology
2500 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02886

4. Sample Essay

          I participated in the New England Tech “Cell Phones For Soldiers” drive. I donated three (3) old, unwanted cell phones in November, 2005. Each donated cell phone is worth 5 hours toward the suggested 15 hour contribution.

         Whether I feel the conflict in the Middle East is justified or not, we have men and women serving there. I know from personal experience it is vital to a soldiers emotional health that they maintain communication with home. People in the military call it a “comfort call.”

         When recycled, each cell phone is worth approximately $5 in cash. Each $5 buys a 100 minute, pre-paid global phone card. Each soldier who applies receives two cards. I know many of our part-time guardsmen and women do not get paid through their civilian jobs once they are called to active duty. My donation, as small as it was, could be so important to a military family. I could not help thinking that my donation may have provided the means for the last spoken words between a soldier and his or her family before a tragedy happens and he or she is wounded or worse, killed in action.

         Family and friends left behind are emotionally and financially drained when the military volunteer is deployed. This simple act of kindness is a tremendous benefit to the family by opening a free line of communication between husbands, wives, mothers, fathers and children.

PLEASE NOTE:
This is a sample essay and should not be plagiarized (copied). The ideas should be used as a guide to write your own essay according to your specific activity and personal feelings.

 

Syllabus subject to change
Updated 8/06

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