AY Honors/Serving Communities/Answer Key
Investiture Achievement Overlap-Rangers: Many of the requirements of this honor form part of the requirements for Rangers. Requirement 1 must be done by Wilderness Rangers. Requirement 2 in the honor lines up with Ranger - Making Friends Requirement 1. Requirements 7, 8, and 9 line up with the Ranger - Serving Others requirements. If you are working on Ranger why not just finish this honor off and earn the patch.
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2. Read Chapter 54 (entitled “The Good Samaritan”) from The Desire of Ages by Ellen White and write a list of five key points in the chapter.
Most of Ellen White's writings are available online. This particular passage can be found at http://www.whiteestate.org/books/da/da54.html. If combined with a role-playing re-enactment, this activity can be used to meet a requirement of the AY Ranger Class as well.
3. Explain to your instructor the following:
a. What is the name of the Adventist organization in your country that serves those in need? What kinds of services does it provide?
This honor was designed for the North American Division (NAD) which includes the United States, Canada, and Bermuda. Adventist Community Services serves the humanitarian needs within the United States. In Canada some churches use the ADRA name or the Adventist Community Services name. A few like the Aldergrove, BC church use other names, like Acts of Kindness.
Older people in the church still may refer to Adventist Community Services (ACS) as Dorcas, but that name began to be phased out in the 1960s. There are still a few local churches that have a Dorcas Society and it is one of the several ministries under the official NAD Department called Adventist Community Services. Dorcas is named for a woman in the book of Acts who had spent her life serving the poor and was raised from the dead by the apostle Peter. There may also be a group known as Adventist Youth Emergency Service Corp in your area. This program sponsored by ACS and NAD Youth Ministry is for teens and young adults to participate in both ACS Disaster Response and local community services.
Local ACS normally provides clothing (new and used), food, and support to local individuals and families in need. They keep records of those assisted and offer referrals to other organizations when needs are outside of the common skill available at ACS.
b. What is the name of the Adventist organization that serves those in need outside of the United States, Canada, and Bermuda? What kinds of services does it provide?
Outside the NAD, humanitarian services are provided by ADRA - Adventist Development and Relief Agency.
ADRA's work falls into six categories.
- Protecting the vulnerable
- Supporting families
- Promoting health
- Providing food and water
- Establishing livelihoods
- Responding to emergencies
4. What do the letters ADRA stand for? Give a brief explanation of each word represented, and explain the difference between “development” and “relief”.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Outreach/Serving Communities/ADRA. Some mistakenly believe that the D stands for Disaster, but while ADRA does respond to disasters, most of ADRA's programing is aimed at long term development projects designed to help populations improve thier lives over the long term.
5. What items are usually included in a personal hygiene kit?
The point of a personal hygene kit is to allow people to clean up and feel better after a disaster (fire, natural disaster) or when stranded (closed airport for example). Being clean helps people stay calm and civil to each other. Different organizations have different kits based on the specific needs and culture of the area the kits will be distributed and budget, but in general personal hygene kits will include:
- Soap
- Washcloth
- toothbrush and toothpaste
- razor
- q tips
- band aid strip
- deodorant
- a bag to hold the kit
6. Assemble a personal hygiene kit and donate it to Adventist Community Services, ADRA Canada, or a homeless shelter.
See list above. Why not make a few kits, or get together a group or the whole club and make kits together. As a minimum, each person participating should make a complete kit so 10 people should make at least 10 kits.
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