Beta Club Research Paper

During my high school career, I have participated in a large majority of the clubs available to me, and held officer positions in most of them as well. In both the National Honor Society and Medical Connections Clubs I am a member of two and four years respectively, and was elected treasurer of both for the 2017-2018 school year. National Honor Society has also given me many community service opportunities, including helping with the Night to Shine organization and a volunteering at a local nursing home.

Over the past two years (2014-2016) I have participated in the National Junior Honors Society. As a member, I commit to completing community service and to learning among my peers in order to develop into a superior leader. I have taken part in activities such as fundraisers, team building activities, and several forms of community services such as working in a soup kitchen, daycares and organizing social events. Recently, I volunteered for a week as a vendor at a temple in Tacoma, raising money for the establishment during the Cambodian New Year festival.

Contributing to my school and community is a true passion. I am involved in programs like the Red Cross, Angel Tree created by The Salvation Army, and Olive Garden’s Pasta For Pennies. My school hosted a Red Cross blood drive, and I was responsible for promoting the event to individuals within our school. We had a total of two hundred students donate blood. We helped save a total of six hundred lives! I also assisted the Program Angel Tree by promoting the program among the student organizations within my school. Our involvement has helped hundreds of less fortunate children and seniors receive necessities and gifts! As a team, the student council also collects spare change from students in our school. Our collaboration with Olive Garden has helped fund the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's School & Youth campaign. I am truly glad that my contributions have made an impact within my community and society! My strong involvement in extracurricular activities has helped me become knowledgeable, principled, and a risk-taker. I carry a strong sense of respect and righteousness, and I approach unfamiliar opportunities with a vision and great courage. I seek to set an example for members within my school, community, state, and

BETA Club and National Honor Society promote academic excellence and service, therefore I have helped in several events. For example, I gathered boxes filled with toys for impoverished children. Also, I helped host a dinner to honor local veterans in an effort to give thanks to those who have sacrificed everything in the name of service. Interact Club has also given me ample opportunities to help my community, from setting up a food drive to making blankets for Project Linus. These clubs instilled a strong sense of service within me and motivated me to find more ways to which to help my town.

Pursuing the dream of obtaining membership into the First Intercollegiate Greek Fraternity for African Americans, Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. is one of very few ultimate goals in my life. An organization that was founded to stimulate the ambitions of its members and prepare them for great usefulness within the community has since become one of the most well respected organizations in America. Over one hundred years later, the pivotal movement in 1906 has spread to over the entire country in different collegiate chapters and cities across America and the impact has been tremendous. Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. was vaguely introduced to me as a child but it did not take effect until I started school at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

A semester into school, I was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor society. I nervously attended my first meeting to see what it was about. I was immediately inspired. Talks of community service, volunteering, and research projects motivated me to get more out of

Continuing into the rest of my high school year, I had many different opportunities to make a difference. I attended 2 more mission trips, each impacting me more, but I also received the chance to be a member of National Honors Society. Being a part of NHS has also opened my eyes to many new experiences. Through NHS, I was able to go to a nursing home and talk to the elders, trick or treat for non perishable food items for the food shelf, and help at a blood drive through the high school, put on by the American Red Cross. No matter what we were doing, my life kept changing and my passion kept growing.

Since entering high school, I’ve participated in many organizations that have sought to better not only our school but also the community as a whole. For example, since my freshman year, I have been a part of the Goliad Student Council. By being a member of such a club, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to interact with Goliad’s community through various means. I’ve painted the faces of children at town festivals, cleaned the town auditorium for auctions, and I’ve handled sports concession stands for hours on end. Through each of these activities, along with the others I’ve done for student council, I’ve managed to involve myself with multiple residents of Goliad while also working towards a fulfilling goal.

Key club has positively impacted the social, moral, and academic aspects of my life. I’ve encountered new friends, received countless smiles, and gained priceless experiences from attending events. This club has genuinely changed my high school experience for the better. I cannot simply describe in words how thankful I am for this club and for the officers who keep it running. As a proud key clubber of one and a half years, I’ve developed an ambition to lead Key Club by using my past experiences and the voices of my peers. I desire to become a Key Club officer who genuinely hopes to improve Key Club and strive to make a place where everyone can have fun while feeling like they belong.

As Key Club President, a fourth-year blood drive coordinator, and a University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics volunteer, I witness community service’s influence and encourage high school students to serve

Since I was born, I have grown up in a home where serving is a key virtue to live by. So as I budding freshman, I was excited to join the service clubs at my high school. However, when I saw the clubs my school offered, I was surprised to find out that there were not any service clubs for me to participate in. As a girl with a passion, I realized something needed to be done. So I gathered some friends and we decided to start a service club at our school. One of my friends suggested that we charter a Key Club, an international high school service club that she had at her past high school.

“Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.” This quote by Marion Wright Edelman beautifully expresses the strong feelings I have towards service to others. I have always believed that giving my time to help others is my purpose in life. Although it is important to focus on education, work, and school activities, community service is just as important. Throughout High School, I have participated in numerous academic, service, and extracurricular activities including band, varsity cheerleading, dance, and soccer. I hold several leadership positions: section leader in band, secretary of Tri-M Music Honor Society and National Honor Society, and officer of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. I have enjoyed devoting my time to several worthwhile organizations, including The Salvation Army, Zion Lutheran youth group, the Cinderella Affair, Life-savers, and Fresh mentors. I am truly blessed and have had the honor of being Homecoming Queen, an Illinois State Scholar, and Silver Medallion recipient.

Out of about 100 applicants, I was on of 18 inductees selected to become part of the Society this school year. This organization has increased my participation in the government greatly and has opened my eyes to some of the needs in the community around us. One event that impacted my current perspective on life was an event for a local organization called A Touch of Understanding. In this event, I helped younger children understand the plights their mentally and physically impaired classmates deal with by leading activities that simulated those trials. The opportunity to bestow a compassionate worldview on a younger person through leadership was extremely rewarding and reminded me of how even the simplest actions perpetuate understanding and compassion in

Both Junior and Senior Beta Clubs are responsible for various service projects throughout the year in the school and community. In addition to this, the clubs also assist in the running of events held by other groups, teams, and clubs in the school. This year, the Junior Beta club and the Senior Beta Club joined together to assist the school in the collection of Boxtops For Education. In the Senior Beta club, there were some changes in officers throughout the year due to the original officers' absence. The president, Libby Beauchamp, and the vice president, Ashley Spedden, both left the school early in the year. Treasurer Katie Spinler replaced Libby as president, and club member Brooke Batchelor replaced Katie as treasurer. The Junior Beta

My freshman year of high school I found myself overwhelmed by the course load at a new school. I competed in 5A volleyball as a team captain, but unfortunately never forced myself to get involved in clubs or community service throughout the year. Because of this, I missed out on many chances to meet new people as a freshman. This is a decision I regret, as a senior. Come sophomore year, I was determined to become more involved in both my school, and my community. I first decided to join the Family Career and Community Leaders of America organization at my school, which I was later president, and a multi-city level officer for. By joining FCCLA, I have been given the opportunity to meet thousands of other young leaders between State conferences, and the National conference I attended. Through planning meetings, organizing conferences, promoting schoolwide awareness