PSCI107 Indiana State University Not for Profit Volunteer Activity Paper EXTREMELY STRICT GUIDELINES!!!!!!!!!!! 1. Select a not-for-profit or not-for-prof

PSCI107 Indiana State University Not for Profit Volunteer Activity Paper EXTREMELY STRICT GUIDELINES!!!!!!!!!!!

1. Select a not-for-profit or not-for-profits at which to volunteer for no fewer than four hours.

2. Conduct research on the services the not-for-profit provides to the community (before volunteering at the not-for-profit).

3. Find out whether you can volunteer or provide service without a background check.

4. Follow paper structure after you have conducted your four hours of volunteering.

IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT: THE SUPERVISOR (NOT NECESSARILY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) MUST EMAIL ME, Nicole.Fairchild@indstate.edu, WHEN YOUR HOURS ARE COMPLETE. THE EMAIL MUST CONTAIN THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION, HOW MANY HOURS YOU VOLUNTEERED, WHAT YOU DID AND STATE WHETHER YOU HAD A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ORGANIZATION. THIS EMAIL IS PART OF THE ASSIGNMENT AND MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE DUE DATE AND TIME. I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY LATE CONFIRMATIONS FOR ANY REASON. IF I DO NOT RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL OF YOUR HOUR, REGARDLESS OF COMPLETING THE PAPER YOU WILL EARN A ZERO (0).

***PLEASE HAVE YOUR SUPERVISOR CC YOU ON THE EMAIL SO YOU KNOW IF RECEIVED IT. OFTEN TIMES THEY MISSPELL MY LAST NAME AND I NEVER GET THE EMAIL. THIS WILL ENSURE YOU WILL HAVE A COPY OF THE EMAIL AND YOU CAN FORWARD IT TO ME SHOULD MY NAME BE MISSPELLED.

Paper Length: 4 pages (no more, no less)

Page 1: Summarize your volunteer experience

Description of the not-for profit
Description of the services the not-for-profit provides to the community
Description of the service/volunteer activity (what you did to help the organization)
Focus on the activities that involved ethics, social responsibility and 3 significant concepts related to this course.

Page 2: React to your volunteer experience

Do not express whether you thought the activity was boring, unhelpful, or a requirement
Use “I,” but do not use an informal or unprofessional tone
Make sure that this section is coherent and well organized (do not fall into the ramblings associated with a “free-flow of consciousness”)
Do express your reaction to events/activities that occurred that relate to this course
Do express how you may have acted/reacted under similar circumstances

Page 3: Analysis—connecting your volunteer experience to course material

What did this activity teach you about: Activism, Democracy, Ethics, Leadership, Social Responsibility and 2 major concepts discussed in this course (you will be counted off for not discussing all pillars in this course and at least 2 major concepts from this course)

Page 4: Work Cited

Use APA citation style
Cite the organization’s website or the person you spoke to about the organization.
Cite websites or texts used
Make sure that if your entry is two lines in length that you indent the correct line (the second line

Additional requirements:

Do not include a cover page (it is not necessary since you will be submitting your paper via the Blackboard site)
Name in right hand corner of page #1 only
Header with last name and page number on every page
Title: Volunteer Paper centered directly below name (SHIFT+ENTER one time below your name, SHIFT+ENTER one time below title of paper).
Double-spaced
10-12 point font
Standard (that is, not funky) font (Times New Roman or Arial)
Standard margins (1 inch all the way around)
Standard indent at the beginning of each paragraph
Succinct introduction that introduces the nonprofit you volunteered at and the major concepts you will discuss
Succinct conclusion that ties everything together

Warning: You will earn a deficient grade (D+ or below) for committing any one of the following critical errors:

Not introducing, in your first paragraph, the not-for-profit and the five concepts that will discuss
Not discussing all pillars of course and at least 2 major concepts from this course throughout the paper
Not following the paper structure (to a tee)
Incorrectly formatting your work-cited page (should be in APA formatting, please use the paper resource guide to cite correctly)
Using other sources
Plagiarizing (representing someone else’s work as your own)