{"id":1226,"date":"2019-02-25T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:39:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:39:12","slug":"making-time-for-community-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/making-time-for-community-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Time for Community Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emily Crkvencic came to SPC\u2019s Early College program in high school, and is working on her associate degree full time before transferring to pursue a higher degree in mechanical engineering. Despite holding down three part-time jobs and her school schedule, Crkvencic still makes time for community service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Community-of-Care-940x1024.png\" alt=\"Community of Care logo\" class=\"wp-image-1227\" width=\"215\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Community-of-Care-940x1024.png 940w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Community-of-Care-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Community-of-Care-768x837.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/03\/Community-of-Care.png 1085w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crkvencic\nsays that SPC has provided many opportunities for her and others to get\ninvolved. She has volunteered in a wide variety of ways, including working with\nat-risk children and high school students, assisting with park cleanups, and\nteaching sailing to special-needs kids. She says that all of the community\nservice she\u2019s done through SPC has been meaningful, and not only helped others,\nbut also bolstered her own social skills and fulfilled her need to have a\npositive influence on others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTime is the most valuable resource and, in my opinion, community service is the best way to reach those in need \u2013 and not just the easiest group or projects to work with,\u201d Crkvencic said. &#8220;SPC doesn\u2019t look for where the easiest involvement is; SPC looks for where involvement is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTime is the most valuable resource and, in my opinion, community service is the best way to reach those in need.&#8221; said Engineering student Emily Crkvencic, who was honored for her community service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":743,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manufacturing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1313,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226\/revisions\/1313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/engineering-manufacturing-building-arts-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}