College Essay About Giving Back

Terry Fox was a hero among Canadians. He inspired many to run and fundraise for cancer research. Though he had his leg amputated, he still ran across Canada and almost achieved his goal. He started in Newfoundland and sadly had to stop his run in Thunder Bay because of his cancer coming back.

"Nearly every moment of every day we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources. I have always found more joy in giving when I did not expect anything in return." --- S. Truett Cathy, Chic-Fil-A founder

Growing up, I took every opportunity given to me to help those around me. I aided the homeless at the early age of 8 alongside my mom. Helping boost homeless women and children self-esteem by participating in clothing, food, and school supply giveaways. Beginning at the age of 13, during Sunday services I would watch the younger kids in the nursery changing their diapers, entertain, making sure that they were safe and well taken care of. I also have volunteered at the libraries in the Newton County area efficiently shelving books.

“It’s so important for us to give back. It’s just a good way that we can reach out and interact with our community here,” Connors said. “I also think it’s a good way to teach students and these organizations that it’s so important to give back. We’ve been given so much by our university. They give us so many opportunities every day. It’s nice to look at that and say ‘I’ve been privileged this year and gotten so many opportunities, and I just want to give someone the opportunity to have a good

Volunteering and participating in service projects are two of the most rewarding activities in my opinion. Some people may find it was a hassle or only do it because they have to meet the minimum requirement for school or work. Helping others, for me, has always been somewhat second nature to me. Over many years of volunteering I believe I have developed qualities that will stick with me for life and benefit me in my career. As early as freshman year, in high school, I found myself looking for ways to give back. I started by looking for opportunities within school, where I came across the A+ tutoring program, and so my journey of giving back began. While tutoring, my patience for others really evolved, partly by choice and partly because

Giving back to the community has always been one of my favorite activities. Seeing a smile on those people that are in need of help is a life changing experience. What could be a little act of kindness to us could make their entire day. Helping others is one of the reasons why I want to join the honors program.

There are many things in our lives that we take for granted, such as food and clothing that are not accessible to a big portion of the population. This surplus of things that most of us have can easily be given to people who are in dire need of them. Personally, I had an abundance of clothes from when I was younger. They were things I was never going to wear again and were simply being stored, unused. Knowing that, I decided to donate the clothes to an organization that will then donate it to people who need it. My contribution was going to help someone out there in need and that felt significant. Food is also something that a lot of people do not have access to. From my peers, I notice that a

I have participated in many activities that served to help others such as, taking my time to help at the Adult’s Day Care, help with anything that is needed at the nursing home, and on the weekends I would volunteer at the Youth Basketball Summer League by working at the concession stand, collecting ticket money, work for the scoreboard, and coach for my team. I also believe it is better to give than to receive. I donate money and toys to the St. Jude Children Research Hospital as well as giving to the Wounded Warriors. In addition to giving to the Wounded Warriors, my father and I participated in the cook off in honor of the warriors that have fought for our

Volunteering as a Girl Scout provides ways to develop leadership skills and giving back to the community that they live in. Girls can volunteer by themselves or with their troop. By themselves, girls can become a grand friend at a nursing home or assisted living facility by regular visiting to play games with the residents. They can go no further than their own rooms by going through gently used toys and clothes that they no longer use and give to a children’s organization. They can do errands or even cook for someone in their family or neighborhood that may be facing an illness. As a troop, girls can bring holiday cheer by caroling at nursing homes, hospitals and other facilities. They can make no sew dog toys, raise funds to buy food and supplies for an animal shelter. They can also pick up litter in a wildlife area or park and do a beach cleanup.

Volunteering to feed the homeless is truly an eye opening experience to what reality is. There is an estimated one hundred million homeless people in the world who are starving and are trying to find a way to survive. On a day-to-day basis, we see homeless people everywhere such as on the streets, by the freeway asking for money so they can feed themselves, or maybe even feed their own family. One day, my mom and I decided we had to take action after witnessing so many homeless people on the streets.When people are in such a difficult situation, their only option is to beg for money because they have no roof over their head, and no food to eat. Many of these people are suffering from their own decisions, unemployment, or for other personal reasons. There are many homeless people who are sick and suffering from severe mental illnesses. It breaks my heart seeing homeless people in the streets, so I knew I had to take action and help out someway. The experience of volunteering to feed the homeless was most certainly a life changing experience. It made me realize how grateful I am for my life, how important it is to help those in great need, and to never take a meal for granted or roof for granted. This event was one that happened in the spur of the moment but has also changed me as a a person by becoming more involved and helping out more in my community , learning to never taking anything for granted, and by not assuming all homeless people are bad people as such.

I personally believe that it is important to give your services to the community during your High school years. It can be beneficial not just for that community but, to yourself which will help you in your time of needs. As a High school student, I know someone doesn’t want to do something kind for somebody or something else unless without something in return but looking few steps forward into the future, I feel that volunteering or doing community service hours will help much more in the near future after High school. Volunteering is important due to the fact that it is Socially, Intellectually and Artistically rewarding for High school students if that student is willing to put forward the effort of gaining something new and valuable from it. This is why I favor that your time is very important to your community and gaining something useful in return and it should be mandatory to do community services.

As the world has now become aware, I, Amy Tan, have been blessed to have won 10 million dollars from the Powerball lottery. Being blessed enough as is, I have decided this money would be better off in the hands of trusting charities to help others and have taken the time to decide on the following five charities that are dear to my heart. The following will receive an equal share of the 9.5 million; the Lyme Light Foundation, the American Brain Tumor Association, the International Women’s Writing Guild, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, and the Body Positive. Each organization has a special meaning to me, which is why I have decided to split the earnings equally. All five organization’s missions have an underlying meaning in my heart that has a lot to do with the person I am today. Growing up, and even in my adult life I have struggled to find my voice and be proud of the woman I am. Knowing there would be curious minds out there, I have written this letter to explain the reasoning why these charities were chosen.

I wasn’t aware of the importance of doing good for others, until recently that I witnessed it with my own eyes. It all started when was at Chicago, a random man helped out a homeless man and bought him some food. I noticed as I was in line that the cashier then gave the helping man a free choice to pick something he wanted due to the action he did. After that day I began to make an attempt at helping out more and being a better person in general.

While in high school, I have been able to give back to my community through my

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