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Avery Heights is a community nursing home in a park like setting in the town of Hartford. I have been a volunteer worker for two years and almost every day I visit this magnificent place. My attendance began when I was a high school student looking to complete community service work mandatory for every student. Ever since my first visit, I have thoroughly enjoyed assisting the residents living in Avery Heights throughout my high school experience and beyond. Whether spending time with dementia and Alzheimer’s patient or enjoying the twist and turns of the puzzle solving and Friday Bingo games with the healthy residents, I developed a sense of compassion, love, and gratitude toward them. My attraction to the Heights was mainly because of volunteering. I helped residents with any technological issues that they faced, from fixing old VCR players so they could watch their favorites 90s TV shows to teaching them how to access the nursing home Wi-Fi and creating an email account whi ch were a truly rewarding experiences. During a cold Saturday night, I informed my volunteer coordinator Jackie, a music therapist researching the impact of music on Alzheimer’s patients that I would like to attend the Sunday service prayer to gain a new prospective about a faith to which I had little to no exposure. Jackie welcomed me with a smile and agreed that my arrival in the morning would be expected. My main motivation was curiosity for learning and understanding a different religion other thanShow MoreRelatedThe s Expulsion Of Adam And Eve From Eden1276 Words   |  6 PagesChristianity and warn against evil in the church and in society. The height of the Renaissance saw a shift of focus back on Christian figures. Raphael’s Philosophy (School of Athens) and Michelangelo’s multiple scenes across the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel exemplify the shift back towards the divine. This shift was in part caused by the change of papal power. Pope Julius appreciated the arts and commissioned theses artists to indulge him. This transition rippled up from Rome to Venice where artists