Imagine that your life was such remarkably busy that it seemed like you were occupied with something different every second. It could be chores, projects, sports, or school. Could you imagine your life being that busy? Well, I can. That is an accurate description of what my life is like on a daily basis. Every day I am doing school, chores, sports, volunteer work, lending a hand at home, or carrying out jobs to help my relatives. I have accomplished countless actions to go towards improving my community or others. Usually, those tasks are through girl scouts, church, or sometimes even school. For example, through school, I have gone to Ida Sue. We went on a field trip to Ida Sue during our multiple intelligences and developmental disabilities study in C.A.T. class. The main reasoning for this field trip was to further our understanding of …show more content…
For example, giving my friends and family gifts or lending them money. At Christmas-time, every year, I buy or make gifts for my friends and family members. Creating a list of my gift ideas is the most entertaining part of the holiday season. Besides giving gifts, I typically am lending money to my friends, normally Arminta, at football games. I also do things to benefit my relatives like play with my cousins, mow the lawn for my grandma, or help make delicious apple cider. Every so often, when I go over to my grandma’s, I mow her yard and sometimes get paid to do it. Whenever I go to my cousins in Tennessee I make my younger cousins cheerful by doing simple actions like playing a game or watching a movie with them. Finally, around Labor Day weekend, my family traditionally gets in the act of making the apple cider. Struggling to not touch the mushy apples and providing a workout for my arm, I spin the dirty handle, load the apples into the machine, and pick the apples off the trees. Helping my relatives makes me and them
Other than participatie in school activities, I help out with my community. Through National Honor Society, we are able to find more ways to help with the
Volunteering time at church and school have become a major part of what I do. The youth group I belong to at St. Thomas UCC collects items and put together hygiene bags for the YWCA. For school, I often volunteer to help with the bands, working in the kitchen for Indoor Drumline shows and helping to set up the Craft Show. I also assist my classmates if they request it. If a student is absent, I will take responsibility to send them notes they may have missed in class, and also what they homework is so they can attempt to do it.
I provide for my familial community by being a major financial contributor in my family. Also, my country, Dominican Republic is severely poor. Recently I got the chance to go to Dominican Republic and my family and myself round up many toys, snacks, and books to give to children. We cook a large meal and go to one of the poorest parts of the country: Hospedaje Yaque, Santiago de los Caballeros. In this annual event we give poor children and families a meal, many toys, books, and things that they need for survival.
I have created clothes from pillowcases for children in Hati, packed snack bags for United States soldiers overseas, collected new and gently used shoes and eyeglasses for Soles4Souls and Lions Club International to provide for those in need across the world, and so much more. Helping others, especially those who are less fortunate or may not be able to advocate for themselves, is one of the most rewarding things in life. I truly believe that giving back is one of the best parts of
I try my best to participate in as many as I can. These include Student Council, People Helping People, cross country, basketball (high school and AAU), softball, church choir and Relay for Life. The past three years I have been an officer in the Student Council and a member of a team whether it was sports or church. On the basketball court I am the point guard which is the playmaker of the team.
As a candidate for the National Junior Honor Society, I understand that is it not important to only have good grades and help the community. Being in NJHS means that you have to be a role model to everyone around you. A role model is someone who is a leader, demonstrates citizenship, and has good character. One aspect of being a role model is having leadership. Honesty, integrity, commitment, passion, accountability, and empathy are some of the qualities that all leaders should have.
Ways in which I depict service include volunteering at the Brian Adams Benefit to help raise money for a cancer patient whose family is struggling, helping clean up the Shawnee United Methodist Church property by picking up trash and helping with landscaping, ringing the bell to raise money for the Salvation Army, packing and delivering food at the West Ohio Food Bank for families in need, along with helping prepare food for needy families who come and stay at the church. I feel it is important to try to help as much of the community as possible, which is why I also volunteer at the Humane Society of Allen County. Showing a respect for not only my own community, but communities around my own, is something I pride myself on. Today’s society needs as much positivity as possible, and I try to provide that by giving up my own time for the well being of
I have had the unforgettable opportunity to personally raise $1,400 for kids to go to summer camp, whose families could not afford it otherwise. I have worked at food drives, homeless shelters, and kid’s programs in my town, in hopes to make someone’s day a little bit better and ultimately make my community stronger. These experiences shaped who I am today. While I cherish the experience I had making a difference in my own town, I am ready to grow and leave a positive impact somewhere else in the country.
Please describe any extracurricular activities, special talents, or community service projects you have done, and tell us what you have learned from these experiences. Posadas are a ritual celebrated in Mexico right before christmas, it is supposed to re-enact Mary and Joseph's search for a lodging in Bethlehem. It is basically a party where people sing from door to door and end up in a family gathering where they share gifts, and typical mexican food, everyone always seems happy in the posadas. Some orphanages do not celebrate posadas or christmas because the do not have resources or the means, so Macro Posada, which is a non for profit organization that makes sure that orphans and kids with scarce resources spend a happy christmas and feel loved. I volunteered to help 2 years in a row; I had to recollect money to be able to build a little fair with mechanical games, to buy gifts for
Growing up in an impoverished town, I make it my goal to give back and serve communities much like the one that I grew up in. Moreover, another aspiration of mine is to frequently
One thing I always try to do is volunteer in my church when they need help, which often times takes many forms. Sometimes I will serve coffee before church or watch children in the nursery. Other times I serve or prepare meals for college students to eat after third service. Occassionally, we will have cookie sign ups where you make a couple dozen cookies and then deliver them to new families in our church As I see the example of those older than me, I try to recreate that for those younger than
I work multiple concession stands, whether it’s for basketball, softball, or baseball games and I also volunteer to work scoreboard for volleyball or basketball tournaments on the weekends. Lastly, this past Christmas all of the chorus members walked around town and went caroling to local businesses, such as the library, the fire station, and the bank. Because this was our first time caroling, I considered it a great experience and plus, it allowed the community to get free entertainment. I enjoy helping out the community
First of all, I place a great emphasis on service. God mentions helping others in the Bible multiple times, and I consider this crucial. Because of this, I have made it a part of my daily life. Sometimes it is as simple as talking to someone, while other times I must travel to poverty-stricken areas or volunteer my time to work at homeless shelters.
By using my talent and time we were able to attract individuals to donate their time and treasure and raise funds for those families staying at a home away from
I check my watch as I race to catch my first ever Austin Metro bus home. My metro bus ride to school in the morning proved disastrous. Taking the southbound rather than the northbound bus had left me confused while waiting for the return bus and embarrassed while explaining the reason for my late arrival to school. It 's 4:33. Oh man.