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The Dovetail Project
In 2016, A man by the name of Sheldon Smith was in the top 10 CNN Heroes for starting the Dovetail Project. It is a project to help young African American fathers learn how to support their children. To date, 247 fathers have graduated from the program.

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North Carolina Food Bank
The North Carolina Food Bank is an organization devoted to feeding the hungry. In the 2015-2016 year Food bank volunteers gave 241,183 hours of their time.

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Right Here in New Hanover County.
Canines for Service.
Seven days a week a service dog in training is walked one mile to help train them for service. These walks will help the dog learn about where they need to go and how they get there. These dogs help the disabled through everyday life, if its to getting somewhere or defending the owner.

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Right Here in New Hanover County.
Latimer House Garden Volunteer.
This organization helps maintain and help beautiful gardens at the Latimer House. They will garden and learn about soil climate, and what flowers are compatible to the soil. This helps the community by having many colorful flowers to look at upon the historical building.

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Right Here in New Hanover County.
Habitat for Humanity's.
Habitat for Humanity's is an organization that puts Gods love into action by bring people together to help. This includes building houses and bring hope for others.

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Right Here in New Hanover County.
Pets for Vets.
Pets for Vets in a nonprofit organization that is worldwide. They help animals have a second chance by resucing, training and matching them with an American veterans. So they can both benefit with a companion that will only give love for each other.

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Things we must do.
Go to school.
From the age of four to the age of sixteen is the legal amount of school years that every citizen must accomplish throughout there life. This is to ensure that everyone can get a job even if they didn't finish college.

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Things we must do.
Serve in Court.
Every year citizens will be selected to either be a witness or a juror at a trail. If you saw this event take place you will prove evidence as a witness to help explain what happened. If you where called to have jury duty you will stand before the court and you will be tried for contempt of court.

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Things we must do.
Obey the Law.
The most important duty as a citizen. If we do not obey the laws then the government would crumble, resulting in anarchy.

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Things we must do.
Defend the Nation.
All men between 18 to 25 years of age must register for the selective service for the army. The draft will select male citizens if needed for war. If we don't have this draft then the United States or who ever we are fighting with will be defeated and hundreds will die.

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Things we must do.
Paying taxes.
Taxes are what support the government and everything round us. If we don't pay taxes then firefighters and other public secretary would not get payed, causing the community to have problems with everyday life.

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-To be a good citizen in the U.S. you have to be respectful to the community and people around you. To get a good education that involves making the world a better place.
-You also have to work hard, when you work hard you provide money to yourself and the others in your community.
-Giving back is another good thing to do with being a citizen too. By donating or helping the homeless. is always a good thing to give in tour community.
-another one is serving in jury duty, it's not much fun but stll helpful.

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Things we should do.
1. Vote in elections!
Voting in elections is the most important responsibility for a citizen. If only a small percentage of a population votes, we're only hearing what that percentage believes. The popular vote if everyone had voted might be very different from what happened if only that small group voted.

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1. Carol  Scheidegger
She is a volunteer with the New Hanover Sheriff Department. She also writes the Sheriff Newsletter

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Photos: New Hanover County Sheriff's Office VIPR unit

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Things we should do.
2. Respect and Accept Others!
Respect is important regardless of the situation, but nowadays its more important than ever. With the rise of communities such as LGBT+, acceptance is also very important to avoid conflict.

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Things we should do.
3. Contribute to the common good!
Volunteer work isn't necessary, but at the same time, it is! Volunteer work is a great way to help your community and yourself. Doing things such as volunteering for a homeless shelter, or a soup kitchen, or even just helping pick up trash at a park or something. Every little thing helps.

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-A good citizen in school is a person who's respectful of others in space and property. A good citizen n school also respects teachers and school property.
-To be a good citizen in school you also have to be polite, dependable and give back to the school community.