Bu 101 Community Service Project

Serving others is a down deep way of learning more about yourself and helping others to see past themselves. Our Business and Professional Communication class participated in several service projects, which were interesting and exciting to be involved with helping others. As I am studying the major courses of Early Childhood/Special Education, our group project with the “Big Brothers Big Sister” program was very memorable to me. It was wonderful to have fun and participate in various activities with the kids. The environment was caring due to everyone helping each other accomplish different tasks. It was a great feeling to be able to share our time, talents, and hearts with the kids.

Community service is services volunteered by individuals or an organization to benefit a community or its institutions. My favorite community service job that I completed was located at The Junior Achievement at the Atlanta Discovery Center. The objective of this service was to teach children how to survive and succeed in the world economically through the use of time, talent, cooperation, and education. Before they came to the center students were trained by their teachers to budget money and to spend it wisely. So when they finally arrived, a real life model was presented to them. With the compelling volunteer and student interaction, we helped each student understand the theory to life and also understand the differences between needs and wants. The building was set up with different mini department stores like Chick-fil-A, Publix, philanthropy shop, SunTrust bank, home/apartment agencies, automobile shop, Belk, Kaiser Permanente, and AT&T. These shops were to help the students understand manage the differences between what they really need and what they really want. In addition, the goal was to also help build character and skills to make it in the fast-moving real world.

For my service project, I chose to work at the Meadowlark Meals organization. This organization takes in donations of food and uses them to make meals for children at the school to take home on the weekends. If these children did not take this food home, they would not eat at all over the weekend. I chose to work at this organization because I love kids and it is sad to see them hungry when I have plenty of food to eat. I wanted to make a difference in their lives and I thought that this organization could help me accomplish that.

For my third trimester service project, I provided help to my school. I went to daycare for two hours helping Mrs. Riley. I helped kindergarteners with their homework inside so that they wouldn’t have any homework to do when they got home. I also helped run a couple games and make sure everyone was making smart decisions on the playground. I then helped Ms. Maynes in the 5th grade classroom for two hours as well. I helped her with cleaning the students desks, I helped with correcting papers and putting them in numerical order, I finished coloring a Mary drawing to put on the bulletin board, and I also helped punch out some letters so she can use them in the classroom. Ms. Maynes was also kind enough to bring me down to the Kindergarten classroom

For my Civic Responsibility Project, I chose to volunteer at Paws Humane, a non-profit organization in Columbus that provides shelter for homeless pets and aides in placing them with a fit owner. Paws rescues captured strays from Animal Control and accepts owner-surrendered animals. The accepted animals range from dogs and cats of all ages to small critters, such as rabbits. Paws has a no-kill policy, so the animals not adopted remain at the shelter until they finally find a home. Unfortunately, some animals remain at the shelter longer than others; some have been at the shelter 300+ days. Paws does not only adopt out animals though; they operate a clinic next door that offers affordable spay and neutering. These surgeries are an important

If I am a Service Learning project coordinator, I would pick taking care of elderly. When people willing to invest a lot of time in taking care of elderly, they receive unimaginable knowledge in return. For college students who participate, this project will help them developing patience, seeing things differently, and learning another's perspective. When I was taking care of my grandma, she taught me principles that I couldn't learn it myself. Because they lived longer and experienced things we never experience which take their whole life to learn, and saved me many time to learn so. The purpose of Service Learning is to combine learning with community service activities that get students involved and applying the experiences to their academic.

Service is bringing skills to an organization to help increase the good of the organization. Taking this class and participating in habitat for humanity made me grateful for whom I am and what I have. People do not realize how much they have unless they participate in a program like habitat for humanity. When our group went to go do our service, we ended up going downtown Indianapolis. We arrived there and the people that managed this site greeted us graciously. Then we went inside the house. The house was not that big and needed a lot of work done to it. They explained the background information on the house then, we were put straight to work. First we had to pick up a ton of shingles off the ground and throw them in the dumpster. Then we had to demolish one of the walls, which I thought was the best part. Everyone working there was so grateful and thought it was their time to give back to the community. Performing a service is a great way to witness firsthand how little some people have and it feels good to give back to a great

Based on my community service project and my participation in this particular class, I feel that I have a better understanding of my social responsibility. Although I have volunteered on several occasions, it was not until I served at the local food bank, that I have a better understanding. I feel as though I have an obligation to serve my community because after all, homelessness can happen to anyone at any part of their lives. Volunteering at the local food bank, gave me a better understanding of peoples struggles and also helped me to not be too quick to judge when it comes to seeing people live out on the streets. I no longer have the mindset that people living out on the streets chose that life nor are they drug/alcohol

Community service has been a part of my life since I was young. I grew up working on service projects with my family. I strongly believe that everyone should be involved in at least one throughout their community. When I was 10 I started helping my mom with Meals Ministry; we would make meals for over 150 people and take them to their community. We went to individual houses to see if they would like meals: some rejected, some became emotional, some asked us to pray with them and lots of hugs went around. I worked Meals Ministry 1 or 2 Saturdays a month for about 5 years. This is one of the most heart-touching experiences I’ve ever had. Starting at such a young age, I realized the importance of giving back to others and it helped shape who I

The service project that I did was that I packed food for people that couldn't hada hard time feeding they're families.I chose this project because I felt the need to give back in my community and I wanted to help the less fortunate.The things that I did was that I packed over 500 bags of food for people and I donated many food items also.I packed juices,canned food,snacks,side dishes and many more types of food.After me doing this,I felt really happy and I never knew how it felt to give back to other people. I would recommend other teens to do this because it was really fun and the feeling you get from doing this is indescribable.

One of the best service projects I did this year was Alter serving. Alter serving is when a boy or girl usually around elementary through high school age serves a mass helping the priest with basic things such as holding the book when he reads. There are also some very tough parts of alter serving, such as getting the incense ready.

Warrenton, Missouri is a town made up of about 8,000 mostly middle class Caucasians located in Warren County, MO. The county is home to two school districts, Warren County R-III School District and Wright City School District (Warrenton, 2014). This is a rural county and covers 431 square miles, much of which is forest and farmland (Warren County, 2014). Warren County R-III School District has a little over 3100 students enrolled and mirrors the city and county in that it is mostly Caucasian, with a small percentage of minorities including African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and Native Americans in attendance (Missouri Comprehensive, 2014). Warrenton has been one of the fastest growing cities in Missouri as westward expansion out of St. Louis continues. However, in the last few years, many businesses have been leaving the area causing the growth to slow. The average education level in Warrenton is below the national average (Warrenton Missouri, 2014).

A key aspect of the project was to encourage students to engage in dialogue with local businesses in order for the student to assess and adapt their own communication style based on the situation they found themselves in. Students identified local businesses and discussed the cost and benefit of collaborating with each entity. Students asked 12 local businesses to serve as community partners on the service-learning project; eight agreed to participate.

Community service is when you do volunteer work for free to benefit the people in need in your community. Usually, students who choose to do community service do so as volunteers, because they feel the need to help out their communities. Community service has many positive effects on students such as giving them they need in life to be successful in the future such as, certain skills they can help to improve the quality of life for others. There are plenty ways that you can do this, such as working in a church group, joining your local food kitchen or you can create your own campaign project. When you're working on campaigns and projects and getting to see results, you'll get to know how your strengths can make a difference in this world.

Honestly, I was not exactly sure what to expect of this service learning project in regard to the diversity of the community and the cultures of the people that I would be working with. I knew that the area was mostly populated by low income families. I feel that I gained a greater understanding of people who are in a different financial social standing than I am. It also opened me up not only to the vast differences but also the similarities between their lives and my own. Because of my volunteering experience I am more likely to promote civic engagement to others. I feel that it provides an opportunity to become closer to the community in which we reside. Getting out there and socializing and sharing experiences with people who you may never have had contact with in your average day provides for personal and community growth.