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... :00:00 AM by Don Phin This content has not been rated yet. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CHECKLIST: Organize a neighborhood cleanup project; Support or start a community job training center; Offer free assistance to needy area residents; Organize a walk-a-thon to promote a community cause; Hold a blood drive on the company premises; Adopt a nursing home, and support it with employee volunteers; Staff your child care center with senior citizens; Lobby local, state and national legislators about community issues; Sponsor an AIDS Awareness Week; Offer funding and volunteers to a local drug rehabilitation center; Join with local banks to develop an affordable housing program; Wage a community literacy campaign; Sponsor an entrepreneurship program for area high school students; Train high schoolers in the community in career development and interviewing skills; ... a child abuse prevention program; Sponsor a center for the homeless; Donate excess inventory to local schools, churches, etc. Offer employees sabbaticals for work on major community projects; Invite community organizations to speak to employees about their needs; Donate fundraising help, equipment, money to nonprofit groups; Get company retirees involved in community volunteering; Donate time to Boys & Girls clubs, Big Brothers and Little Sisters programs; Adopt a school; Hire high school or college interns; Contribute to a local area community foundation, United Way or non-profit group; Get involved with Junior Achievement; Plant trees, flowers and shrubs in public parks or other public areas; Sponsor a Little League or Bobbie Sox team; Volunteer at your local ASPCA or other animal help agency; Volunteer at a local children's hospital ...

...mployee volunteers; Staff your child care center with senior citizens; ...help agency; Volunteer at a local children's hospital or AIDS hospice Dona...

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Whether it is yourself or your child progressing to the next level of educ...Emergency student loans should not be abused and should be treated in the same...

...ommunity outreach -- considering a Child ID program. Competitive Position ...

... wrong with that? Right! We just can't think of a seed catalog as a life-or-death determinant. Had they asked me, I'd have tied an acknowledgment of the mismatch into the mix: Dear Friend of [name of organization], I know it's hard to believe. But what you do with the little seed catalog I've enclosed could literally make the difference between life and death for a helpless child. The same organization follows the formula more logically-if with a mildly contrived device-in this opening: In the 10 seconds it took you to read this letter, five children died from the effects of malnutrition or disease somewhere in the world. I'd have left off somewhere in the world, ' which shifts the reader somewhat out of the arena. And, yes, the opening is a mite trite ... tad less all-inclusive. Usually, the word following If you're like me' is an automatic you' or, to complete a parallel, you're. You can see why this opening is implicitly reader involving. I take a parental view toward this opening, and I'm torn between statesmanship-directing me to share it with those who haven't yet sampled its joys, and proprietorship-predicting application of the deadly rule: Overuse = abuse. Statesmanship wins out, because I suspect, from my own incoming mail, word is already out. A letter from a scuba diving organization begins: Dear Diving Enthusiast: You and I are part of a remarkable group. Someone who's never been on a scuba dive could never understand it. See the exclusivity building here? See how much stronger this opening is than You're part of a ...

...ween life and death for a helpless child. The same organization follows the ...it took you to read this letter, five children died from the effects of malnut...