Findlay Reflection

By having a stable and financially rewarding career I can help my community. A college education will help with my goals to reform my community and with a college degree it is proven that you are more likely to give back to your community in unique ways. Of course I do not need a college education to start volunteering but I know I will be able to do more with the intelligence I acquire. I enjoy walking or sometimes I take the city bus, but wherever I go in my community I see people that do not have much. The thing that I can do is give them a smile, which can go a long way, but I do not want to just give a smile. I want to give back and help these people out. I recently watched a video on YouTube where this man goes around asking for money from homeless people and in return the homeless would share what little they had. It is very inspiring because then the man who had previously asked for money gives them their money back and a little bit more. These videos and my community are what inspire me to help others. Even the little things we do can have a big impact, such as buy them a small meal, giving them a jacket, or spare change,etc. Nowadays, everyone is worried about being popular and know, not many care about the environment in my area. I want to make the change in my community that will affect it for years to

In tenth grade, my English teacher posed the class with a question: what are you going to do for your community? She emphasized the importance of making a positive impact, even if it meant simply smiling as you hold the door open for someone. She prompted us to go out of our comfort zone and do something for our community. While I had been volunteering at Church and at school, I had never really taken a step out of my comfort zone. Instead of just helping out in, say, a soup kitchen, I decided that it was time

The acts of community service I have participated in FBLA has taught and strengthen my belief that charity is the most important gestures any person can due to have a beneficial impact in the world; is to help a person in need. For instances, our organization has collected Christmas gifts for underprivileged children in the Henry County community each year and the act of giving a child without access to toys for the holidays something as simple as a toy car has brought the greatest

Since I was five years old I would always give my community a help hand, whether in beautifying my community by planting flowers, or by volunteering at local places. From the ages from five to ten my after school program would go around the neighborhood to plant flowers. In my town library I donated my time to help the children with hands-on activities to promote original ideas such as creating objects with everyday items. I have also volunteered a total of 36 hours for the American Cancer Society.

From day one my mom taught me that you will get more satisfaction giving to and helping others than you ever will by just doing things for yourself. I truly believe this. Volunteering to teach swimming lessons, organizing recycled items, and visiting the nursing home are all things I have been involved in and doing each of those I have learned more and more about how important service is. Just recently my classmates and I helped an elderly woman move all of her belongings out of her home and into the 4H building for an auction. The 4H building is on the fairgrounds where I have volunteered to clean up every spring for the last 3 years. Service is very important but also very rewarding. I look toward to doing more service projects in the

From shoveling driveways or helping rake lawns for the senior citizens in my neighborhood I’m always there to lend a helping hand. However, some actions I take in my community are not done for other families but for my own. The responsibilities I have overtaken through the years in my household have definitely helped improve my maturity, and my character. I do these actions not to gain recognition, but instead to service my community and to aid those in need. Each day I aim to improve myself and to improve the community around me. Through doing that I exemplify these ideals, and will teach others of doing the same to keep our community

Politically, socially, environmentally or one person at a time, how will you give back to society? Day in and day out many citizens change the world, or they do just the opposite and make the world a worse place than when they woke up. The article I chose to review is, “Community Service” written by Robert Coles. The article tells a story of college students who make a difference in the world through peer tutoring, an act of community service, and have such an impact that they act as role models for Coles and he begins to do the same. Briefly in the beginning of the article, Coles states that, “students are likely to express their lofty political and social impulses and practical desires to change the world through community service, even if in limited or modest ways.”(Robert Coles, pg.93) We must make an ultimate decision about the world we live in, will we choose to make a difference in the lives of fellow citizens or discriminate and punish not only them but ourselves by not sharing the knowledge we have been taught.

I am a graduating senior who shows civic-mindedness by volunteering at my local YMCA. I believe by helping the younger generation, it helps me to develop the skills that will be essential in my future. In continuation, these skills will have a big impact on my profession career.

Robert Putnam wrote on how young adults report less civic engagement than prior generations. Although true, one should also understand volunteer work has risen significantly since the late 1980s. Arnett suggests young adults, rather than selfish, demonstrate self-focus, (pg. 26). Finally, some assert emerging adults refuse to grow up.

However, I knew that my desire to make a difference on a global scale would not fade and that someday I would answer the call. I have always been a service-oriented person; from my early days volunteering in a nursing home during my summers, to leadership

The saying, “never underestimate what one group of concerned people can do”, describes what you accomplished during a very difficult time. One of the most memorable moments in my career is the night that you chose to financially support the second building for the Motlow campus. You will remember that funding was tight and the stock market was experiencing drastic declines. It would have been easy for you to claim these factors as reasons to avoid helping Motlow. However, you were bold, courageous, visionary leaders who knew that investing in educating your citizens is always the right thing to do in any circumstances.

McAdams showed that older volunteers were motivated differently than younger volunteers. The younger volunteers were motivated by more careers experienced to learn and the older volunteers were motivated by “giving back” (McAdams, D. P. 2001).

Having been born in this great country, (USA), has given me well-being and education, and I think it is my duty, a civil duty, to give something back, because of all this country has given me until this moment. Yes, it has been my effort to get me where I am, but this country has given me the tools and without those tools, I would have gotten very far. I want to share my knowledge and values that I have gathered at age of 13,

Nevertheless, the common misconception linked to graduating College students is that they are well-rounded adults, who have done their time and are ready and able to enter the working force and go on with their lives. The fact of the matter is that not all recent college students are mature and knowledgeable on their community and the world at large. “Teens who volunteer increase their knowledge of the world and the problems that face it” (“Youths”). This quote is not only applicable to teens, but college students as well; unfortunately, college students become isolated from the rest of the world while they are in their course of study and do not make time to give back to the community that helped them become who they are.

I have been volunteering before I was old enough to know I was volunteering. As the youngest of four, I happily came along whenever my parents and siblings volunteered. But, community service is not just something I was taught to do; it is something I love to do. Today, I serve others in ways that are closer to my own heart. Serving people and animals “who don’t have a voice” has been and always will be central to who I am. I spent this summer raising awareness and funds for foster children, and I am excited to use those funds this November to personally decorate and deliver new duffel bags with supplies to foster children in my area. Additionally, I have loved dedicating my time to a local animal rescue where I have participated in animal