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How a Person can Contribute to the Community in New Hanover 

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How a Person can Contribute to the Community in New Hanover 

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1. Volunteer
2. Donating to homeless shelters, soup kitchens, animal shelters, and Salvation Army
3. Fundraising for local foundations
4. Support local businesses

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- People can volunteer at local soup kitchens, animal shelters, and more.
- Many people are in need of help, and volunteering is one way you can give back to your community.

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- You can help your community by donating to local organizations.
- When an organization is having a collection for donations you can help by bringing food, water, clothes, blankets, or even blood.

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- You can help many organizations by fundraising.
- To do this, you can have a lemonade stand, or instead of asking for gifts for your birthday party, ask for canned goods and donations.

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- Instead of going to a big chain, it is better to support local businesses.

- We should support local stores and businesses, instead of shopping at known-brand stores.
- We can go to the Wilmington Farmers' Market, shop at local boutiques, and eat at family-owned restaurants.

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- Jessica Lee is a student at Hoggard High School. She enjoys volunteering at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center located in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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- In the town of Conetoe, North Carolina, Reverend Richard Joyner noticed the amount of funerals he had to hold for people who had died of preventable diseases.
- He started a community garden and asked local children to help him.
- Together, Joyner, and the 80 children who helped him, grew and distributed 50,000 pounds of fresh, healthy food per year to the residents of the area.

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- In New York City, a man named Tony Hillery started Harlem Grown, a nonprofit that teaches low-income children about urban farming.

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- Mrs. Burevitch, a local philanthropist, gave $20 million in endowments for the NCCF (The North Carolina Community Foundation)

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- If you receive a subpoena in the mail you must serve your duties in court as a witness.
- You must serve as a juror if you are called for jury duty.

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- Another duty of a citizen is to defend the nation.
- All men 18-25 years of age must register for the selective service, or the draft.

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- It is a citizen's duty to go to school until the age of sixteen.

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- A tax is a charge of money, imposed by authority, on citizens.
- There are taxes on property, sales, and income.
- If a person fails to pay taxes, the government will fine the citizen, and it is possible the person will be imprisoned.

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Responsibility: Contribute to the Common Good:

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Responsibility: Contribute to the Common Good:

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- Volunteerism is the practice of offering time and series to other's without payment.
- The Peace Corps sends volunteers to other countries in need.
- The Ameri Corps sends volunteers to places in need within the United States.

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- The most important duty of a citizen is to obey the law.
- To obey the law means to comply with the commands of the government.
- If you fail to follow these rules, you will be penalized.

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- This is the most important responsibility.
- The United States has a low voter turn out due to voter apathy.
- Vote in both local and national elections.

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- Tolerate and respect others' differences and right.
- Do not judge other people by their beliefs and appearances.