Motivation To Give Back To The Community

Ever since I can remember, I have had the intense desire to help people. In high school, I joined Kiwanis Key Club and National Honors Society; both organizations allowed me to gain hours of volunteer experience helping families in need within my own community. Both organizations have annual events to benefit our community. At Christmas, Key Club adopts a few families and we buy clothing and toys for the kids. Our efforts to make the holidays a more enjoyable time for the families removed the parents’ burden of having to worry about being able to pay bills after getting presents for their children. Also, National Honors Society holds a blood drive every year in coalition with the American Red Cross. Last year our blood drive was in honor of a little girl in our community with leukemia.

I believe in contributing to the community. I am a member of the National Honor Society and we do volunteer work for the school and through the community. It seems every other week there is an opportunity to volunteer in which I am eager to take part. In addition, as a Third Party Representative for a civics class called Project 18, I spend at least two hours a week emailing and calling potential guest speakers and creating PowerPoint slideshows that I will present. .

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

I have been a part of different activities for my community service. I have helped the TLC preschool afterschool with cleaning tables and toys once all the children have gone home. I have also been to the shelly baird school where they disabled kids go for schooling and helped out there with the students doing their work and played games .I am currently in “Dude Be Nice Club” and recently we participated in project night night where we would gather donated security blankets a book or stuffed animal and deliver them to children who have very little in homeless shelters. My community service in this case helped me realize that there are people out there who need some encouragement to help them get back on their feet and realize in life that

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

I hope to leave an impression that makes them want to do good for others, as I have done for them. I participate in many activities that involve giving back to the community. The flood that occurred in August of 2016, helped shape me to take initiative and to give back to individuals in need. Another community service act that I was proudly part of was Feed My Starving Children. I participated while on a mission trip to Minneapolis, Minnesota for my high school youth group through church. I filled and boxed bags of food for children in Africa. It made me feel so good to know that I was helping feed a countless amount of children who are not as fortunite as many of us here in America. I was also lucky enough to be given the chance to give back to the Veterans. I moved and cleaned tables and chairs at the new AMVETS center here in Waverly. It felt great to give back to those individuals who have fought to protect us Americans. It was a neat experience to see the smiles on their faces. I could tell it meant a lot to them when in reality I was the one who was grateful. This is something I will forever cherish.

I will shortly be receiving my Bachelor's Degree in Multidisciplinary Studies with a concentration on business. I will soon leave the world of studies and enter what is commonly referred to as "the real world." While this thought is someone frightening, especially given the current economic situation the nation faces, it is also exciting as well. I believe that crossing this threshold will change the way I view my role in the community, as well as the impact I will have on the community when I graduate. No longer will I see myself as a "child" in society, taking what society has to offer but never thinking of giving back. Instead, I am soon to become a fully fledged member of the community, with responsibilities to the community as a whole.

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

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.

Ever since I started school, I had always wanted to be involved in the community in some way whether it be at school, home, or in my town. To help the benefit of others and learn more about responsibility, I try to volunteer as much as I can. I volunteer throughout the year for The National Wild Turkey Federation (which I became a committee member of), and for Feed My Starving Children. Volunteering for the Archery Club and different volleyball clinics are also activities I enjoy. Volunteering is a passion of mine because it is a way that I can help others and give back to my community.

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.

Throughout my life, I have most definitely been driven to assist my community or others in need. I have been able to set aside time and put forth effort when it was necessary. Along my years in junior high and high school, I have assisted my community by collecting cans for our local food bank, providing food for our veterans, cleaning the church area, helping with local food fundraisers, taking down Christmas trees for the public, and other activities. This has affected me in an influential way and made me realize that devoting time to other activities or people is greatly appreciated and beneficial. Although there may not be a reward given, the simple satisfaction of knowing you volunteered willingly is enough.

In conclusion, giving back to my community is very important to me. The main reasons why giving back is important to me is because my community has done so much for me, I take pride in where I am from, and because I want everyone to be amazed about my

I believe that giving back to the community is important because they have helped us out and I believe that we should do the same in return. We’ve grown up in small place from small island, small town, and a small school.Without the support from others that we have now we wouldn't have the great opportunities that we have today. The people who have been there for me and that have helped support me have been my father and my friends. The communities that i wouldn't want to get back to would have to be Kailua Kona, Waimea, and Honokaa. This is because these are the places that I have grown up in and and without them I wouldn't be the person that I am today.

I believe I`m a very influential person to be around. So I put in a lot of time and dedication to help others in the community or my school. What made me want to get involved was my Freshmen year of High School, I was involved in AVID and SOAR but my mentors didn't talk to me, no one was really there too show me what to do or how to do it. So, I figured I would change that and be a positive influence in someone else's life.