Case Study Of Joining Alpha Phi Omega

During my volunteer hours I learned a lot about my own community I that I have not been able to experience. For example I have never been able to participate in so many writing programs and workshops in my local high school, this is because I also did not attend my own local high school because my mother did not allow me to instead, she asked me to attend a charter school. By partnering with LA826, I was able to attend different writing workshops where I would help different high school student write essay, cover letters, and personal statements. Furthermore I believed that most of my activities consisted of just being able to listen to some of the students.

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

Over the course of my academic career, I have volunteered with Key Club at my school and other various places, such as the Poe Center for Health Education and WakeMed Health and Hospitals. Involvement with each organization has had a tremendous impact on my character. Often, while at the Poe Center, I had hours alone to create educational tools, file papers, and enter data into spreadsheets which taught me responsibility and integrity. I always strived for the best when I completed tasks at the Poe Center and at WakeMed. Each organization has been impacted through my volunteer services. With Key Club, we had monthly trips to the senior home. Each time I visited the senior home, the elder’s faces would light up because many of them did not have

The first event I ever volunteered with through the Youth Council was The St. Jude’s Ranch Prom. It was a very worthwhile volunteer experience. Every child had a different story, a different background, and a different circumstance. For one night they were able to focus on something else; it was something they had been looking forward to. Most everyone wants to have that ‘Prom’ experience. It’s something people don’t easily forget. We knew that some of the children there would be unable to participate in such an event because of their situation. Fortunately the Youth Council was able to bring the Prom to them. I was able to meet many of the kids participating and it was a very rewarding encounter. They were elated that someone was doing so much to make them happy. It was evident how much work had been put into organizing the event. Every child from St.Jude’s Ranch was able to pick out a gown and suit to wear. The children were ecstatic. I helped them to set up all the clothes that was donated simply for that event and volunteered the day of the

This process all started my sophomore year when I really got interested in the club and the ideas that emanate into our small community. The club was having trouble with the participation of members thus many events were not being covered as well and our donations had slowed. I saw that nobody could make it any Wednesday so I quickly built the volunteering into my schedule. With my determination to solve the problem of low participation I jumped into action recruiting members to join me to complete the tasks that the club had set forth for us. That year we raised over 1000 dollars to give the Fisher House to help the families buy the items that they deemed were necessary. The best part of the experience was that I could see that people that were being helped. Seeing what it meant to the families and the president of the house made the whole experience even better and drove me to help the organization even

In order to enhance my community’s quality of life, I have organized and participated in multiple service projects. Last year, I organized an event where a small group of friends and I made Christmas goodie bags for children in the area. This year, I am organizing a leadership project to donate school supplies for students in need within my school district. I will host several fundraising events in order to have enough money to purchase school supplies. I know what it’s like to not have enough school supplies to be prepared, so I want to ensure that no student has to experience that. Aside from these personal planned events, I have volunteered at multiple park clean-ups, homeless feeds, food-drives, donation events, and local festivals. I have

I passionately believe in helping and giving back to others, consequently I made a year long project as the president of Interact Club to make a ShelterBox fundraiser. Along with a girl I met during camp, we were the first Interactors to take initiative for a cause that Rotary had always helped. Still, I was like a domesticated turkey lost in the entrance of a maze: not knowing where to start. Though my goal of raising awareness in my community only further pushed me to contact outsiders . However, my partner and I had many incidents of miscommunications and finding a team with the same goal and work ethic was rather difficult.

After becoming a member of the National Society for Leadership and Success, I participated in countless hours of volunteer work for my community. One particular event that I always attend is the Raid for Kids. This event is a community Halloween event that provides children with a safer alternative to trick or treating. The event occurs on the University campus during day light hours and is supervised by volunteers and organizers. Later on I joined Habitat for Humanity in Albany, Georgia. Last year we participated in neighborhood clean-up projects. Recently Albany, Georgia had a destructive tornado that wrecked havoc on the city. So after the storm we came together to offer our help to people who were less fortunate than we were. This service

For my Service Learning project I volunteered at Larsa Banquet Hall as a server for a youth group dinner production. I refilled water pitchers, collected dirty plates and helped clean. I also volunteered for the Turlock High School play and was given the job of box office manager. I gave up my lunch period for three weeks to go sit in the PA building and sell tickets. I then had to go to all eight shows an hour early to sell tickets before house opens and stay and help sell concessions, and then after the show was over I would have to help clean up. I like to believe that both the events I volunteered for helped benefit the community by providing entertainment. They both made people laugh and whenever people left either event, they all had a smile on their face. Almost everyone I talked to after the play told me how good the cast did and asked when the next production would be. It was satisfying knowing that I had a part in these people’s happiness, even though it was a very small part.

In High school, I was in the organization called Key Club for four years. Our goal in Key Club is to help the less privileged as much as we can. Accordingly, members of Key Club would meet every Tuesdays and Thursdays after school. When we would meet, we did things that contributed to the community. For example, one time we wrote thank you letters to people in the military who were overseas. Doing this showed them that we cared and that we appreciate them for risking their lives for us. Another thing we did was to go around neighborhoods to collect can foods for the homeless. As a result of the experienced I gained from Key club, it has influenced me to explore different organization at Virginia Commonwealth University. For instance, I am in

I am immersed in many community services with my school. Every Martin Luther King Jr. Day, my school comes together to assist those in need. It is a day devoted to helping others by constructing boxes of necessary materials to send to sick nuns at Camilla Hall. One evening during the year the school community comes together for a night dedicated to community service. Each grade occupies themselves in diverse ways to help those who are in need. Some classes help by making tuna fish casseroles, and others cut jeans to make shoes for the needy in Africa. There is nothing I love more than helping those in need with my school

The activities that I have participated in such as the Food Bank volunteer and church volunteer, have made the community around me healthier and united. My participation impacts everyone who needs these help. By showing that the younger generations like mine are interested and is actively seeking to help out the society, people could feel more united and bonded around the community to seek out how we could help them.

When I was younger, I participated in various forms of community services whether I read to children or cleaned up beaches. in community services is rewarding because as a community we raise awareness to social issues. Therefore, even working at Kool Smiles Dental Care, I continue to volunteer my time at Health Trust, UCSF, and California Dental Association Cares (CDA Cares).

In this group, I had the opportunity to go down to the local Willa Gill Center and package CARE packages for the community. In the CARE packages contained basic needs such as toothpaste and shampoo, and special items like nail polish and makeup. After we packaged everything, we were able to sort out clothing and cans that were going to be distributed the next day. Working behind the scenes and helping the workers prepare to help others was very rewarding.

Activities I have been involved in include: the Meals on wheels Thanksgiving Day deliveries for the past three years. On Thanksgiving Day I am given a list of houses and addresses to deliver the meals to that the Argyle NY fire house prepares. This is one of my favorite days of the year because you see the amount of people that appear to assist with the same selfless act, and it is just astounding. Another community service project I participated in with the Biological Honor Society is the Schoharie County Mass Drug dispensary drill for the department of Health. This was in case of a state of emergency to test how well the county could accommodate for each person’s needs, whether it be medical, shelter, or food and water. This activity showed me how chaotic an emergency can and will be, which is an excellent opportunity is for a nursing student. The purpose was to record how many people they could get through the building in one hour. In addition to the Mass Drug Dispensary Drill, I participated in the Mass Casualty Drill that Bassett Health care in Cobleskill New York needed assistance with. They had just opened a new emergency room and needed to test their efficiency. The eight members of the Biological Honor Society assisted including myself in pretend collision between a Volkswagen Jetta and a bus. I had the symptoms of paralysis and numbness in the legs, so they hauled me onto the stretcher and took my first ride in an ambulance, and I will say that it is not very comfortable. When I arrived at the Hospital they took all my vitals, MRI, and CT, and then they actually decided I needed to immediately be shipped to Ellis Medicine for further