But it is neither a school for problem children nor a tutoring service, she says.

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Sahem Abdalla, a Staten Island resident who operated a tutoring service inside her home, now lives in the Ramada Inn on the island.

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One important trend in the 1990s has been an increase in the number of students who volunteer time for community service, such as tutoring disadvantaged pupils or visiting in retirement homes.

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Participants provide an hour of service to earn an hour of service in return, involving such services as tutoring students, teaching English or other languages, gardening and lawncare, housecleaning, helping the homeless and teaching them skills, rides for those without transportation (or for seniors who can no longer drive), respite care freeing caregivers for children with special needs, adults with disabilities, and aged seniors to take a break, and other services.

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For example, within the first week of my internship, my fellow interns and I helped clean a local park, and over the course of the term, our service expanded to serving at food banks, supporting the elderly and tutoring schoolchildren.

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My involvement in community service started early through 4-H Club projects and led me to organize an adult literacy tutoring program in college.

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