Positive character trait
Public-spirited
Willing to act for the good of the community.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Gives time, money or skill to things everyone uses, such as a park, a library or a local event.
- Takes on the unglamorous public jobs: sitting on a committee, reporting a hazard, picking up litter that is not theirs.
- Weighs what a choice means for the wider community, not only for themselves or their own group.
Fits when someone voluntarily advances the welfare of the wider community
Not when the action mainly promotes a faction, business, or personal reputation
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Resume line Volunteered [number] hours a [month or year] with [community group], [organizing or running] [project] that served [number] residents.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is public-spirited: outside work they [run, serve on or organize] [community project or committee], and they bring the same sense of the common good to [their role].
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Report card comment [Name] looks after shared spaces and volunteers for jobs that help the whole school, such as [the litter pick or the book drive].
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In a story, shown not told Every Saturday at eight she was at the bus shelter with a scraper and a bucket, taking down the old flyers and wiping the timetable clean. It was not her bus; she drove to work.
The public-spirited architect released the accessible plans for every town to use.
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