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ACCOUNTING
- Assist
the elderly with their personal finances and preparation of income
tax forms.
- Work
in municipal offices and with non-profit groups in their accounting
departments.
BIOLOGY
- Tutor
high school students.
- Help
at hospitals and medical centers in physical therapy and radiology
departments.
BUSINESS
LAW
- Handle
consumer complaints at the local consumer affairs office.
- Assist
clients with legal service forms in tenancy and landlord disputes
and observe court cases.
COMPUTER
SCIENCE
- Conduct
classes for elementary school children and the elderly on the
use of different computer programs.
- Help
the unemployed learn to access the Internet for employment opportunities.
- Create
data bases and word processing forms for community agencies.
CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
- Train
in police work with local police departments.
- Assist
at court houses in bail bond tracking and criminal case management
departments.
DESKTOP
PUBLISHING
- Design
and prepare brochures for local non-profit groups and museums.
ECONOMICS
- Research
the Internet for demographic information and maintain a data base
for county statistics.
EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
- Assist
developmentally disabled adults with school to work activities.
- Tutor
communication handicapped children in local schools.
ENGLISH
AND JOURNALISM
- Write
newsletters for local municipal offices and local non-profit groups.
- Develop
and teach creative writing workshops at local libraries.
- Tutor
children at after school programs and in adult literacy classes.
- Assist
local museums with research and writing for exhibits.
FINE
ARTS
- Teach
nursing home residents to paint with watercolors.
- Photograph
community events, and festivals for local non-profit groups.
FOREIGN
LANGUAGES
- Use
translation skills to help new immigrants complete processing
forms.
- Offer
bi-lingual story hours to pre-school children at local libraries.
- Tutor
English as a Second Language students at local schools.
HISTORY
- Document
the history of a neighborhood using oral history techniques.
- Research
archives at local museums.
HIV/AIDS
EDUCATION
- Provide
information on HIV/AIDS education to local schools and peers.
- Assist
with legal research and fund-raising efforts on HIV/AIDS prevention.
LEGAL
ASSISTING
- Participate
in mediating municipal matters.
- Observe
arbitration and small claim matters.
MARKETING
- Create
needs assessment surveys for local community organizations and
schools.
- Prepare
promotional material for fundraising events
MATHEMATICS
- Tutor
adult immigrants who are preparing for general equivalency degrees.
- Design
math games for pre-school and elementary school children.
NUTRITION
- Design
and implement lesson plans for teaching children about basic nutrition.
- Help
prepare food and serve the homeless at soup kitchens.
NURSING
- Help
with immunizations at local clinics.
- Assist
with patient care at local hospitals and clinics.
- Provide
home health care to the elderly or disabled.
PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
- Teach
basic exercise classes to the elderly at nursing homes.
- Assist
with youth programs at local YMCAs.
PSYCHOLOGY
- Work
with crisis hotline on community outreach.
- Assist
with programs that provide counseling for victims of domestic
violence.
- Provide
companionship and help with recreational activities for the mentally
disabled.
SCIENCE
AND SOCIETY
- Assist
health centers at blood drives.
- Assist
with outreach programs in schools on substance abuse and HIV/AIDS
prevention.
SOCIOLOGY
- Mentor
at-risk youth at youth shelters and drop-in centers.
- Work
with youth groups to involve the members in community service
projects.
- Assist
with life skills training for homeless families.
STATISTICS
- Compile
statistics on HIV/AIDS cases for local social agencies.
- Observe
and compile results of DWI court hearings for national distribution
reports.
WOMENS
LITERATURE
- Advocate
for the equal treatment of men and women at home and in the workplace.
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