Community Service Senior Project

In regard to community, I have volunteered for my clubs, DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America), BPA (Business Professionals of America), NTHS (National Technical Honor Society), Cross Country and others. From helping the club itself to representing the club through charitable acts, such as making christmas a little better for military families, or helping at assisted living centers. My parents taught me at a young age how to be a considerate

1) As a Roncalli student, I have been able to participate in many memorable service activities both as an individual and in a large group. From freshman year, I have accumulated the most service during the summer time when I have had the opportunity to be involved coaching youth teams in different sports. This service is the most special to me because it is a way for me to volunteer in activities that I myself love and have a passion for. It has taught me a lot, and I think I have gotten as much out of it as the girls I coach have. Another notable service is the service I was able to participate in with my classmates as a volunteer at Journey Home. This service really opened my eyes to the issues people and families face here in Aberdeen. I was happy that I was able to experience and learn something new while helping a cause and helping people in my own community that I otherwise would have never known about. This year, I was also able to volunteer to be a group leader at a Roncalli Junior High Retreat. When I was younger I always knew it was something I wanted to experience and I loved being there. It was great to meet the younger kids and help them along throughout the day while they experienced a retreat for the first time. I hope to continue these service activities as I get older and move out of my time in high school wherever I end up.

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.

The community service that changed my outlook on life is my missions trip to Haiti. When I saw how the Haitians lived day by day, I realized that my life in America is extraordinary compared to theirs. My dream is to send musical instruments to anyone who wants to play in their church.

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

My most recent community involvement activity was being a volunteer baseball coach. As a coach, I was responsible for running drills in practice, holding practices when no other coaches were available, and keeping the score book during games. Being able to share my live of baseball has always been a passion of mine, and it was the most gratifying part of being a coach. I loved being able to help others love baseball as much as I do, all while improving their skills.

One community service that I have done with my dad is Brooklyn Nets Basketball camp. It was for the community of Brooklyn and It was for the kids and to get them better at the sport. Therefore they had NBA players like, Chris McCullough, Sergey Karasev, Rondae-Hollis Jefferson. Those NBA players came to the camp and they interacted with the kids. However, all that was great but the best part of the camp was to have the kids ask the NBA players questions. That was when we got to take a step in their shoes and learn from their experience.

My BU 101 community service project involved volunteering at the Owensboro animal shelter. Some of the tasks we were responsible for completing were spraying down and cleaning the litter pans, spraying out the dog cages, cleaning out the cat cages, filling the animals food and water bowls, bathing the animals, and walking the dogs. I believe this was a good community service project our class because most of us love animals and we were able to do some good. As a class were able to help the shelter care for the animals, giving them more time to do other things like completing paper work or washing and drying the towels. It helped install a sense of responsibility and accomplishment in me.

A community service where I continually volunteer my time is the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Homework Club. I have been a part of the club for three years with the Holy Family Catholic Elementary School as a Mentor. The Homework Club is a after-school mentoring program offered to boys and girls in grades 3 to 8 who require academic, social and emotional support, and would benefit from one-to-one homework mentoring with a high school student volunteer. The Homework Club meets for one hour every week after school. Currently, I have volunteered around 80 hours with this program.

The community service activity that is most meaningful to me is becoming a research volunteer for the Stanford P.A.N.S. clinic. P.A.N.D.A.S. (pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with strep infections) is an autoimmune disorder that results in swelling of the brain when exposed to strep bacteria or infection. When i was diagnosed with PANS at age nine, i wanted to do everything in my power to help find a cure and give hope to others with this life changing disease. I didn't have control over my health, but i wanted to do everything I could to provide the doctors with valuable information and help sick kids find a cure.

My service learning project is about helping my community by volunteering at my local pumpkin patch with my nana. My nana asked one day if I could help with something and I said okay and come to find out I was helping at the pumpkin patch. I started Volunteering when I was 16 and I helped by driving the train around for the kids to ride in, put the pumpkins where they needed to go, and be a cashier. I absolutely love helping out there because I got to meet new people and see the faces of little kids smile every time they saw a pumpkin. What I learned from working there was how to be a cashier which I have never done before and also learn how to be more involved with my community by meeting new people. I feel so happy and grateful knowing that

For our Senior Community Impact Project, we’ve asked to interview Ms. Imani Butler, A person who is studying to be a doctor and is heavily involved with a hospital so that they can help guide us with our project as a mentor. They were kind enough to take time out of their busy schedule to answer our questions and concerns that we may have. Ms. Butler also stated that her answers would be from a perspective of a long-term with direct volunteering point of view rather than one that was short terms or indirect volunteering services.

The most personally impactful of my community service has been the work I have done to benefit those with intellectual disabilities, and special-needs. Some of my involvement includes coordinating and volunteering for the annual Kids with Disabilities Fishing Day event in my hometown, raising funds

I have about a total of 100 hours of community services. I have obtained these hours through the school organizations that I am involved in. These organizations include National Art Honor Society, National Honor Society, and this year I am the leader of the blood drive through American Red Blood Cross. Being a People to People Student Ambassador showed me that the smallest actions can have the greatest impacts.

I have been a part of a couple different organizations for community service over my high school career. The two organizations that I have been a part of for community service is for NJB and for NJROTC. In NJ I have helped in setting up and cleaning up the drill meets that are held on campus. I have also done community service with NJ around town like cleaning up the little league baseball field. I did a lot more with NJB for community service which is why I found it more enjoyable.