Citizenship in the Community Jackson A McComas

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What does citizenship in the community mean?

Citizenship in the community is treating others how you want to be treated and thinking about others safety and happiness when you are making decisions. What does it take to be a good citizen in the community? -keep your neighborhood clean -try to get to know your neighbors -respecting your neighbors property and privacy -respecting your neighbors comfort and space -help make a safe community by keeping an eye out for safety of your neighbors -help others by watching out for the elderly, shoveling others walks, raking leaves, and other jobs when you see they need help What are the rights of citizenship? freedom of religion freedom of speech live where you want to choose your own career have as many children as you want What are the duties and obligations of citizenship? -to contribute to the community by voting -to be trustworthy, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, and obey the laws I can demonstrate good citizenship in my community by: picking up litter that I see, watching out for peoples safety, respecting my neighbors, and keeping my own property clean I can demonstrate good citizenship in my Scouting unit by: obeying the scout law, showing that I can follow the scout oath, be prepared, and do a good turn daily. I can demonstrate good citizenship in my church by: be reverent in my church meetings, be courteous to others, being helpful with the activities and offering to bring something and help prepare, and to accept callings and do a good job at them. I can demonstrate good citizenship in my school by: being a leader of good things, choosing good friends, getting good grades so I can prepare for my future, being respectful to my teachers and to the other students.

2.Locations of Spokane City Hall, the Court House, the Public Works Building, and the Spokane County Police Station

Locations of the Fire station and hospital nearest my home

1.Chart the organization of your local or state government. Show the top offices and tell whether they are elected or appointed.
Statewide Officials Governor Christine Gregoire -elected

Legislative Executive JudicialAttorney General Rob McKenna - elected

State Treasurer Michael Murphy - elected

Superintendent of Public Instruction - Terry Bergeson - elected

Commissioner of Public Lands - Doug Sutherland - elected

Insurance Commissioner - Mike Kreidler - elected Secretary of State Sam Reed -elected State Auditor Brian Sonntag - elected Lt. Governor Brad Owen - elected

Do the following: Attend a city or town council or school board meeting, or a municipal; county, or state court session.

1. Choose one of the issues discussed at the meeting where a difference of opinions was expressed, and explain to your counselor why you agree with one opinion more than you do another one. Choose an issue that is important to the citizens of your community; then do the following . i attended the public meeting on deciding weather or not to relocate camp eastonthe reasons for relocating are: more beachfront, more land, better facilities. on the other hand, the origional easton is a historical place. with over a hundred years of use, as well as having sandier and more accesable beachfront. i stuck with keeping easton where it is, because of all the memories and the more realistic beachfront. The 2009-2010 education budget cut
1. The governor is in charge of this.

1. With your counselor's and a parent's approval, interview one person from the branch of government you identified in requirement 4a. Ask what is being done about this issue and how young people can help.
1. Share what you have learned with your counselor. . I

emailed christine gregoire on the topic of changing the drinking age from 21 to 18. 1. With the approval of your counselor and a parent, watch a movie that shows how the actions of one individual or group of individuals can have a positive effect on a community. Discuss with your counselor what you learned from the movie about what it means to be a valuable and concerned member of the community. I watched a movie called Extraordinary Measures. It was about a father with two kids (8 and 6) that had a disease called pompe a condition that prevents the body from breaking down sugar. In time, it disables the heart and the muscles, ultimately resulting in death. This disease made the life expectancy in the child a maximum of nine years. The father is determined to help his children. There was no cure to the disease so the father meets up with a man that is a scientist and was studying the disease for years. The scientist tries to prove his theory to cure the disease. Working together, they made it happen and helped children with this disease have a much longer life expectancy. If it werent for their efforts and determinations, children might still be dying of this disease. 1. List some of the services (such as the library, recreation center, public transportation, and public safety) your community provides

that are funded by taxpayers. Tell your counselor why these services are important to your community.
Public Library Everybody no matter how much money people have, they have access to books and other things.

Spokane Transit Authority If people did not have enough money for transportation such as cars, they could pay a small fee and ride a bus wherever they wanted to go. Public Education No matter how much money people make they will always have access to an education. Law Enforcement they help make people and the community be safe and not do stupid things. Recreation Centers like YMCA they are more affordable than other exercising centers and it helps you to stay in fit. Public parks and pools If somebody wanted to go to a park with the family they could go to a public park for free. Or if they just wanted to relax in the pool they could pay a small fee and have some fun. 1. Choose a charitable organization outside of Scouting that interests you and brings people in your community together to work for the good of your community. 2. Using a variety of resources (including newspapers, fliers and other literature, the Internet, volunteers, and employees of the organization), find out more about this organization.
3. With your counselor's and your parent's approval, contact

1. Do the following:

the organization and find out what young people can do to help. While working on this merit badge, volunteer at least eight hours of your time for the organization. After your volunteer experience is over, discuss what you have learned with your counselor. . i chose to volunteer for several other eagle scout projects. first i volunteered and helped levi colvin install playground equipment for his project for a total of 5 hours. i then volunteered 6.5 hours total for peter fullmers eagle projectwhich involved building and installing 4 benches at zions camp. this all totaled at 12.5 hours.
1. Develop a public presentation (such as a video, slide show, speech,

digital presentation, or photo exhibit) about important and unique aspects of your community. Include History cultures ethnic groups

its best features popular places where people gather challenges it faces. Stage your presentation in front of your merit badge counselor or a group, such as your patrol or a class at school. (in ppt)