Dent Reflection

My community involvement began as a Watermelon Princess candidate when I was in elementary school. Since then I have become involved in many different activities. I am in 4-H and we have done several contributions to the community. Every year the Freetown Leprechauns 4-H club makes Christmas ornaments for the nursing home. We go caroling at Hoosier Christian Village in Brownstown and give each patient an ornament. I absolutely love doing this every year. The elderly people love to hear us sing and their faces light up every time. They even request songs for us to sing sometimes. The Freetown Leprechauns have also taken up canned goods for the

I have done a few things to help out my environment, but as the old saying goes “even the smallest things can make a major difference. I am a constant volunteer for a group named “posABILITIES”. My youngest sister is a member of this group. They help people who have special needs, for example down syndrome, cerebral paralysis, autism, etc.

My effort to serve my community have been an immensely important area that I always try to expand on. From my hundred and seventy service hours, I have learned that giving back even in small amounts positively affects the lives of the people involved. My favorite memories of serving my local area is during the special NJROTC ceremonies when I am able to see the wonderful faces of veterans and military families when we present the colors or the veteran with a flag. Through school, I have been able to see the faces of incoming freshmen in my workroom mature into the present sophomores and the students today. In my church, I am apart of the Ushering team which assists with the service every few weeks. Through this, I am able to see the bright

My community involvement started my Freshman year of High School when I began helping with the Miller Keystone blood drive. I was too young to donate but I did my part by helping sign others up. During my sophomore year it became more of a club and they trained us more so we could be a bigger help. I worked at the canteen, this continued up to this year. I have donated twice so far and plan to donate once more in May.

One way I have helped my community is by volunteering for FOCCAS. What I did while volunteering was fostering animals. I can say I have hand raised and bottle fed five litters of kittens and I also nursed many animals back to health. The hardest part about fostering was trying to not get attached. Being I’m only human, and I got attached. The hardest animal to give back was this small puppy. When we got him, they thought he might lose his eyes. I nursed him back to health he even slept in my bed. We had him for over a month and during that time he became like my baby. So when it came for him to go to his new home it was extremely difficult to give him back. Taking care of these animals was a challenging and time consuming job. Fostering was

I have also tried to reach out to my community.During my sophomore and junior year,I volunteered to help with special olympics.Special

Involvement in the community is tied to one of my personal strengths, compassion. I always attempt to project kindness onto the world, for generosity provides

During the school year, I have partook in numerous community service based events. I have volunteered for the March Of Dimes walk for babies several times, as well as relay for life. I volunteer to assist the band directors at the local middle schools, primarily with assistance in the percussive

For example going to a shelter to help the people there and giving them food. Many families, including mine, go help every weekend. Also picking up trash that you see around your neighborhood helps.

Serving my community has helped me develop the person I am today by teaching me compassion and understanding. The most influential community service projects I have participated in are Camp Eagle Ridge and my church’s Vacation Bible School.

One way I help my community is by doing social services in my school. A social service is when a person or a student helps elders and teachers. The types of jobs I do are grading other peoples work, taking paperwork to other classrooms, and my number 1 favorite job is helping other students learn and teach them about things they don't

Helen Keller once said, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much,” and I have found this to be the absolute truth because throughout my four year tenure at United High School I have involved myself in numerous activities and clubs that would produce a positive force on myself and the community around me. Volunteering for the Jamieson Center or the Family Outreach Community Center in Stronghurst has opened up so many new doors that I would have never fathomed. The smiles you receive from the people as you hand them their lunch or some new clothes will never leave me and for that I think volunteering, or just helping your community out in any way, is a wonderful thing and should be done more everywhere.

I have always helped out my community any way I could, from volunteering to teaching swim lessons you young kids during the summer. I was a member of the Dodge City Debutant, where we volunteered at the Carnegie Center in Dodge City. As a Debutant, we raised money of our local Salvation Army, had a charity ball event and helped teach art lessons for the youth. I was also a member of the Varsity Tennis and Swim Team at my high school. As a varsity athlete, we got the chance to attend elementary schools and teach the kids about the sports we played, ranging from football to golf. Helping out the community is important because it is important to give back. I’ve learned that giving back to the community does not have to come out of your wallet

I strongly believe in giving back to my community. Therefore, my family and I are very involved in volunteer activities. I currently volunteer once a week at The Lifeline Puppy Rescue. While there, I assist in cleaning the pins, giving baths, shots and medicine, helping with the intake of the puppies, getting the puppies ready for adoption. I have helped with weekend adoption events, but mostly help out behind the scene.

Doing service is one of my favorite things to do. I remember when I was young, my mom would sign the entire family up to go somewhere and simply do service. Sometimes it would be to Gleaners, and other times it would be random places that needed service done. One of the greatest family service projects we did as a family is we incorporated a mission trip into our summer vacation. After traveling up north and sightseeing, we went to Wisconsin for a mission trip. There we did various activities including painting houses, yard work, food cleaning, and more. This was all family influenced though. One event that I do which has had the greatest impact on my life is my volunteering at Cass Community. As a school organized service activity, four other