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Community Service Project Reflection

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Doing service for others is an important activity that everyone should embrace and participate in, as they are growing up. Fortunately, I was able to participate in this activity, this eighth-grade year. Yes, at first, I thought that this was going to be a long and tiresome year, and I thought this service project was going to be absolutely dreadful. Obviously, I thought wrong. This project was actually enjoyable and I learned a lot from it!
These past months I completed lots of service for both my household and the community, and it was great! For community service I mainly helped out Mr. Flores in the beginning of this project. I helped out Mr. Flores by coming in around 7:30 in the morning and writing lesson plans on the board, cleaning …show more content…

I learned that service shouldn’t be seen as some sort of chore or burden that we are called to do each day, yet it should be seen as an amazing opportunity we all can participate in. While feeding the homeless, I realized how important it is to be there for others, especially those who really need it. I also really enjoyed helping those people. It not only made me feel good about myself, but it made me feel good knowing that I am making a difference in these people's lives. Yes, there were challenges to this project that took some time. My main challenge was probably having the motivation to go in and do service in the morning for Mr. Flores. This was hard because in the mornings I am usually not motivated to do anything whatsoever, I even have a hard time just getting out of my bed in the morning. That leads me to what I wish I would’ve done different, and that is switching the service schedule a little bit. If I were to redo this project, I would still do service for Mr. Flores, but come in for recess or after school, instead of the morning. I felt that I have grown and changed how I see things in life. I really began to enjoy doing service for various people and felt that I have also bonded with those people as well and that’s what made it so great.
“Success and nothing less.” That was my motivational motto I had selected. I really like this quote and thought it fit well with the service project theme. Throughout

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