Clubs Involved In High School

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.

One particular activity that I feel has made a difference in the community is my participation in Mini-THON, a student-led philanthropic organization that raises money for research in pediatric cancer and benefits Four Diamonds and Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. I have served as the Junior and Senior Co-Chair, or President, for the past two years, respectively. Each year, my responsibilities have expanded from simply attending meetings and contributing ideas for fundraisers, to actively coordinating meetings and organizing fundraisers with local businesses. For example, our club held our first annual “Teenie-THON” for elementary school students. We spent countless hours creating advertisements and permission slips for the participants.

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.

In the course of my time at Union County College, I was able to participate in measures that aided my community and those in need. I took part in the donation and creation of care bags which were donated to the Salvation Army. This initiative was made by AESNJ as part of their statewide drive to help those who lack the resources needed to obtain day to day necessities such as hygienic supplies, socks, tissues and other essentials. Additionally, I made a financial contribution which went towards aiding Syrian children. Helping individuals in need encouraged me to participate in Strides against Breast Cancer a walkathon which generated money for women whose lives were impacted by cancer. The financial donations assisted women who were unable

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

During my Junior year at Colfax High School, I was recruited into a new program called Link Crew which is a freshman transition program that welcomes incoming freshmen and makes them feel comfortable and supported throughout the first year of high school. This program was not only a club but also a class called Wings in which we would precisely plan Academic Follow Up's (AFU) for the freshmen, and organize events such as a Haunted House and a Blood Drive for the whole school. Also during my Junior year, I joined the Leo's Club which is a student run club that's purpose is to perform service projects within our school and community. I was able to become a certified volunteer of Colfax and Meadow Vista once I had not only met, but exceeded the minimum of 35 hours of volunteer work. Outside of school, I became interested in snowboarding which allowed me to get a seasonal job at a Ski

Due to my involvement in my school, I have a plethora of opportunities that affect my community. As a member of the National Honor Society, we stay involved in activities that benefit our chapter and Walkerton itself. For instance, we annually undergo a food drive at our school in order to supply food for the people in the community. Then we transport the food to the food pantry and once every month we take turns to distribute the food to the people who need it. This distribution we do for the community aids the people in need as most people receiving the food are unable to transport the food themselves. Alongside the food drives, I spend hours of volunteering for concessions, tutoring students after school, and aiding for the band teacher.

One of my most enjoyed extracurricular activities is National Honor Society because it allows me to engage with the community around my school. It also gives me the opportunity to work with people from other grade levels by having projects that require the input of all the members. Usually the meetings are two every month but on special events like the special olympics or winter formal it can change up to 4 every month. One of the events that the group did this year was preparing banners for the special olympics. This small project allowed me to learn more about the special ed group that is on our campus and how there needs to be more effort to integrate them in our school community. This year I had the opportunity to work at my school's thanksgiving

Throughout middle and high school I have been heavily involved as the president of Best Buddies and Athletes Helping Athletes, which are organizations that work with our special needs students at school. Seeing their faces light up in the hallways when they see you and the impact your friendship has on their lives is extremely heartwarming.

In my 9th grade year, I joined Key Club, a volunteer organization I knew nothing about. As time progressed I made new friends thanks to Mrs. Healy and renowned Monica Moore. I later – alongside my new “mentor” Monica and Patrick Wright– began to do the announcements with them. My sophomore year, I was also in Key Club but this time, was the 2014-2015 historian and only sophomore on a cabinet of all seniors. I was actively involved in a variety of clubs and groups: class president,

Humans are interdependent. No one can live in our current society without relying on other people. In my high school life, the basketball club has been the most influential club for me. I joined in the club in order to improve my basketball skills and get to know more people. I usually played basketball with members of the club on Tuesday night for three hours. We not only played for fun but practiced a lot. When someone couldn’t keep up with the others, they would practice more with him and spare no effort to teach him.

I was an active member and officer of the Hilliard Darby Key Club, a service organization, while in high school. I had close relationships with the Hilliard Kiwanis Club that supports the Key Club. I was the Vice President and then President of Hilliard Darby’s Key Club and received the Hilliard Kiwanis scholarship for college. While in college, I was still active with the Hilliard Kiwanis Club, since I was able to get my family involved with the club after I joined. As President of the Hilliard Darby Key Club we had one of the most productive years while I was there and we were recognized for our work at the Key Club Convention in Columbus. I was the first president to win a major award ever for the Hilliard Darby Key Club. During my senior

I have done this at literary rally and I am in many clubs. I am in 4-H, FCA, Beta, and FFA. I love all of these clubs as I am constantly involved in something. For instance, in 4-H we do many community projects and we currently donated canned foods for food banks and also supplies for those who lost during the flood. We also currently celebrated our special Olympics with Beta and I cannot express the joy thins brings me each year. I also very much enjoy FFA. We help raise plants and chickens and I am also a part of the public speaking team. Public speaking is a strong passion of mine and I am thankful to be continuing to represent Pine at the Area competition after receiving 2nd at both parish and district. I also show my Pine spirit as a cheerleader. This was my only year doing cheer and I made some memories I will never forget. I am so thankful for my cheer squad. They are always there for me and we always have a great time—it was even better when we placed 1st at competition. I also am apart of Pines soccer team, where last year we got to celebrate the victory of our first win. No matter what I am doing or where I am at I am always a part of a family at Pine. I grew up without the care and love that I desperately craved, but these last few years have blessed me with more than I ever ask for. It has impacted my life so

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