Intercat Research Paper

So being a National Honor Society student, the last couple of years I’ve loved finishing ways I can help my community. I’ve always loved doing little things to help someone who needs it Community service to me, is more than just holding the door open for someone, picking up trash, or helping someone with their groceries. I want to help people grow and be a better person while serving my community. I’m glad I do more than volunteer, I try to impact the lives of people and I feel that is what I have

Over the past year, I have served my school and community in many different ways. Whether it be through volunteering or participating in organizations that work to make changes in the lives of others. I try to stay involved in my environment. Currently, I am a student at Rockford Lutheran High School. With the multitude of clubs, my school offers, I am able to interact with other club members to promote student participation. Every year we participate in drives and fundraisers. In Key Club, each year we put together solider boxes. We collect a variety of small items and send hand packaged boxes to our fighting soldiers, as a gift for christmas. Other drives that I partake in are the canned food drives for the local food pantries, and the clothing drives to give winter clothing to those less fortunate. This helps to provide this vulnerable population with warmth during the cold winter months.

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

During my weekends when I was not playing in baseball I would be volunteering at Waldron Wings which was a Domestic Violence shelter housing women and children who left their broken home. I volunteer at this facility up into its closing at the beginning of my sophomore year. Often times amidst the week I would tutor kids at my own conviction at the Haughville Library just because I would see them struggling and it only made me yearn to liberate their ignorance. Which leads to another one of my ventures which is Toys for Tots which I participated in faithfully in eighth and ninth grade. A group of peers and I would go “Christmas Shopping” and supply kids who were not fortunate enough to receive gifts with toys and games they could only dream of having. I am a high-honor roll student which is evident from me receiving this letter. On top of that, I always dreamed of leaving a mark on my high school career one days and this is one of the many ways attain this goal and impact my

Something that I have done to make my school/community a better place is becoming a member of National Honor Society. This society is a club within my school that is focused on the betterment of the community. To stay a member within the club, one must gain 80 points a semester, one can gain points from volunteering or donating materials for events such as card making for the elderly and Toys for Tots. I personally have gained all of my points for the semester by volunteering at multiple places. Some of the places that I have volunteered at are the Houston Food Bank, Families Feeding Families at Tomball Christbridge Fellowship, and TEAM resale shop in Tomball. All of these locations where I volunteered for over a total of 15 hours over the

I sincerely have a deep desire to give back to my school and community at large.  I have been given so many opportunities to grow and succeed that I feel that I need to give back to in as many areas as possible.  My involvement in the community began in elementary school through my church group.  I have always had a love for the elderly.  I regularly visited nursing homes and assisted living facilities engaging in activities there.  Also, I worked with the Salvation Army during the Christmas break to raise money for the homeless.  In high school, I have had to manage my time wisely to include volunteering with the demands of advanced placement and dual enrollment classes and extra- curricular activities.  One of my main passions is to volunteer

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.

I went to CASL and I am in the WIA youth program.That’s a program could help me in my homework also for me to prepare my ACT test.I went there everyday after school.I also learned a lot of colleges information in there,they told me about ACT,college requirement,volunteer,etc.I had learned a lot those information through a long time in CASL.I knew that I had to do volunteer for the requirement for graduate high school and also for apply a good college.I started looking for volunteer,the WIA youth program found a lot of volunteer for me.My first service learning was the Chicago Marathon.I did volunteer a lot after school or on the weekends.I knew that volunteer was not the only thing I need to be able to apply a good college,So I was looking for school activities and clubs.I went to gear up for tutor those students who need help.This was a good way for me to be have leadership and also it’s a good experience.I joined the clubs and went to the meeting once a week,I met friends there and they taught me a lot.I love the time in gear up and in the

In my four years of high school, I participated in the many clubs and programs that Brantley County had to offer. I was a member of the FFA, Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), Beta Club, National Honors Society (NHS), and the Work Based Learning program. In the time I participated in these clubs and programs, I was a part of many community service projects. In order to be a member of the National Honors Society and the Beta Club, I was required to maintain an “A” average all 4 years of school to be an active member. With the NHS and the Beta Club, I traveled to our local Head Start (Child Care and Learning Center) to play with the children and pass out Christmas presents to each one. After leaving Head Start, we then traveled to Bayview Nursing and Rehabilitation to visit with the

I have done a lot of other things but, there is one more main reason on how I helped both, the school and community. last year, when I was in the 7th grade, I signed up for a community service in Mrs. Huggins class to feed and serve the elderly. We helped pass out food, serve them drinks, clean and put away dishes, and after that, we got rewarded pizza. This is the last main reason how and why I helped with the

I believe the volunteering work that I’ve put in my four years of high school will have benefited me because I have taken school and volunteering very seriously. For the past two years I have been a part of the National Honors Society, which requires a minimum of 20 hours of community service per year. This past year, I’ve also been active in a Leadership class, where I am in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. Being a part of NHS and BBBS has really opened up many opportunities that I’ve never thought about doing. I’ve volunteered at many places including Cascades Humane Society, the Jackson Friendly Home, the Lyle Torrant Center, the Michigan Center Food Pantry, and I read to first graders every week.

As I left my freshman and sophomore year behind me and approached my junior and senior year, I began thinking about my senior project and what I want to do, not what’s easy or would take the least amount of effort and time. My first idea was to job shadow my dad because I liked working with him, but I thought about it and didn’t want to do it 100%. My next idea was what I want to do for community service, and of course, I think back to my first experience with community service, which was helping others. I wanted to volunteer at a foster home because that’s first-hand experience of being around less fortunate kids and gaining knowledge of what a Social Worker does, however there wasn’t anything available within the time range I needed it to be. The next best thing was volunteering at a Boys & Girls Club. Yes, I still help children who need it, but I wasn’t able to be around a Social Worker like I hoped. It was still a good

As part of our graduation requirements, we each had to complete fifty hours of community service during the course of junior year. For me, Free Arts was both the most intriguing option and the one closest to my house. The organization specializes in bringing art therapy to kids of all ages living in group homes. Because I was too young to directly work with the kids, I spent my hours working around the office. At the end of my time, they were so impressed with me that I was offered a seat on the art auction board.

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.

Throughout my years in high school, I dedicated my time helping out in my community in as many ways as I could. Between balancing my classes, sports, and extracurricular activities I was able to complete over 85 hours of community service as a high school student. Outside of school, I would volunteer at my local church to help take care of elementary school children through the week long program of Vacation Bible School. Doing this for two summers helped me develop crucial leadership skills that have helped me become a better leader today. Moreover, at school I would volunteer my time during lunch to help tutor other high school students with their Spanish homework. It was a great experience being able to help others and practice my tutoring