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College and Career Portfolio College and Career Portfolio
Portfolio Foundations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Portfolio Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Portfolio Electronic Organization. . . . . . . . . 106
Portfolio Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Certifi cates and Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Résumé and Cover Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Portfolio Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Portfolio Personal Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Portfolio Letters of Recommendation . . . . . 296
Portfolio Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Portfolio Standardized Test Scores . . . . . . . . 348
Portfolio Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Portfolio Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Portfolio Presentation Preparation . . . . . . . . 460
Portfolio Presentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Volunteering: Where to Start? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Why Volunteer?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Volunteering and Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Volunteering: A Lifelong Habit. . . . . . . . . . . 109
Volunteering Based on Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Volunteering and College Admissions. . . . . 165
Volunteering for Your Future . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Volunteering and Fund-Raising . . . . . . . . . . 229
Crisis Hotlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Volunteering with Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Civic Engagement: What Does It Mean? . . . 327
Providing Personal Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Entrepreneurial Volunteerism. . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Feeding the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Clothing Donations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Community Housing Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
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