My Collegiate Goal

Volunteering in a community is not an easy endeavor. Most people would assume it’s easy, but depending on the place, the type of work, and resources available, volunteering could become a full-time job. With that being said it is one of the most life changing and rewarding projects you can take on. I’m aware of this because I have been raised with firm moral guidelines of the importance of helping others. Since my you my mother and father has been an example of this. My dad helps with the homeless, teaches Sunday school, helps at the food bank, gives rides to and from doctor appointment without being paid. My mother is a nurse at a healthcare facility that is mostly elderly people. I grew up seeing little old people that didn’t have anyone to care about them and the importance that another person can make in someone’s life. I guess volunteering is in my blood.

I currently do not volunteer at a particular place regularly, but volunteer at various places as much as I can and have accumulated over 250 hours while in high school. By volunteering, students get an opportunity to serve the community and provide help to those who need it, yet not expecting anything in return. For me, I have learned the value of hard work, especially when it makes other peoples’ lives better while volunteering.

Being a volunteer has shaped me to become a better person and has given me a greater sense of appreciation. Those my age often take simple things for granted, such as a roof over their head. Seeing those in need, whether it be finances, medical attention, or even something small, has made me realize the value in what I am lucky to have already.

To understand the importance of volunteering, I volunteered at one cultural event in San Antonio downtown. It was the festival of Diwali, a festival of light celebrate in India every year, organized by the San Antonio municipal and Indian Association. In San Antonio’s downtown we have a Riverwalk and the booth was on one side of river with the bleacher and on the other side was the stadium. Folk dances of India were performed on the stage. I volunteered at a booth of drink. My job was to sell soft drinks like coke for a dollar. I made a working there on the booth and we both had almost same interests due to that I was very surprised. There was also another booth next to us. I helped them to load, carry and organize their booth with food. This

One volunteering venture in particular was at a homeless shelter. We donated clothes, shoes, and toiletries and things of that nature, but the experience went beyond our giving of things. Although it was only for a day, I was actually able to spend quality time with a small group of girls, some of which shared very intimate details with me. For a group of children who were quite familiar with being judged by their circumstance, appearance, or quite often felt less than, I was able to embrace them wholeheartedly without

I, personally, have volunteered at several different places throughout my life. My family and I have volunteered at the Snake River Animal Shelter and the Idaho Falls Animal Shelter. We walked dogs occasionally and also worked to socialize a litter of puppies who were not used to humans. Those are both important because walking the dogs improves their

My second goal is to take courses in poetry and creative writing, and courses in communications media and film. My short and long term goals are to obtain hands-on class and professional experience in journalism, TV, broadcast radio, social media, film and poetry. In this hands-on academic community environment, I can network with

My first collegiate academic goal is: I will earn at least an 80 percent on my first biology and statistics exams. Being that I truly love both math and science, receiving superb grades on my first exam for these two are extremely important to me because they are hand-and-hand at placing for the second hardest classes thus far in college (in my personal opinion). Achieving this enabling goal would motivate me to strive for higher grades in the near future, helping me believe that I could do much better in order to attain a great GPA, so that I could get into medical school after receiving my undergraduate degree. Practicing my study habits will construct the permanent foundation of how I progress as a college student. How will I do so? The first action step that will be made to reach this goal is to sit in the front of the classroom. I get easily distracted, so sitting in the front of the classroom, especially one with 254 students, will not only decrease the chances of me getting distracted, but will ensure that the information has properly been withheld. Also, recording lectures to review later and rewriting notes are great methods that will definitely be beneficial to me when studying for exams. Next, if there is not enough time to meet up with the professor, I will sign up for various tutoring/office-hour sessions to review homework and basic concepts that are needed to pass the exams with a guaranteed good grade. On this journey called life, I continue to learn more and

As a student at La Salle University, I volunteer in several community service opportunities. I volunteer for the Relay for Life event at La Salle where we raise up to $100,000 for cancer treatment and research. I also help painted an academic after school center in Camden, NJ with other volunteers. This opportunity was personal for me as it was an opportunity to give a small bit back to a place a few of my friends went to when younger. Over last summer I worked at several school age day care centers to help kids learn and catch up in reading and math that they should be at their age. Being able to help people makes me feel a sense of fulfillment, as so many people have help me through life.

Volunteering is important for many reasons. I believe volunteering is special and offers a person certain aspects most things in the world cannot offer. Volunteering is good for the community. It allows a person to demonstrate their commitment to their community; a way of giving thanks. In doing so, the community will grow and prosper. When I first arrived in Selinsgrove, my family was struck with tragedy. The community of Selinsgrove offered their helping hand and showed nothing but love and support for my family. Being a child of constant traveling, I was shown the comfort of being a part of a community for the first time. This kindness is what inspired me to begin volunteering in my community.

Volunteering has many benefits for yourself, the organization you are volunteering for, and the audience that you are reaching out to. I have been volunteering since I was in junior high. I went to Mexico to build homes for the poor, and then in high school went to Haiti two times to help out there. I fell in love with volunteering, and I plan to keep doing it even after I graduate and start my career. When one volunteers it gives them a chance to gain new skills, or even use existing skills in new ways. That is important because you can never stop learning. By putting yourself in new situations and going through different experiences it gives yourself a new insight for life that you might not of had before. Another benefit that one might get from volunteering is that it gives you career exploration. For people like me that do not know what they want to do with their life if they volunteer then they learn more about that particular role, and culture that they are in. One of the biggest impacts that volunteer can have on someone’s life is personal growth. The impact that you make on peoples life’s when you volunteer is a feeling that is so rewarding and worth every minute of your time. Lastly, by volunteering you have a chance to impact someone’s life for the better. In volunteer experiences some of those people you are working with just need someone to be there for them, talk with them, and care for them. I do not know what impact that I made on the children at CHOL, but by volunteering you have a chance to change someone’s life for the better. You might be the only person that they will ever have. I encourage people to volunteer at some point it wont only change someone’s life it will change your life as well, I know it did

A few individuals need to be rich and well known, and others like there life test and unimportant. I'm the sort of individual that is cordial, receptive and gutsy. My main purpose for existing is to turn into the best form of myself both physically and mentally. With the end goal me should achieve my objectives, I must be taught. I am as of now going to school so that I may acquire my Associates Degree. My objective is to turn into a radiologist and that is the main inspiration I require. I like to carry on with my life without bounds, notwithstanding when I'm not in the state of mind. My goal is to stay propelled and solid so that I may fulfill the objectives that I have set out for myself. I am getting it done when I am sure and most noticeably

I have volunteered a lot. I have been with key club for three years and every year, I would a fundraiser to raise one-hundred dollars to be qualified in relay for life. Relay for life is a cancer society that helps patients get cured as soon as possible from the money that was fund raised. I have volunteered often when new events are announced. My experiences was to help others who are in need. I have learned a lot from the experiences I had to

During my freshman year of high school, I wanted to do something more meaningful than the previous volunteering I had done in the past. Most of my volunteer work had been with children, and although those experiences were worthwhile, I wanted to do something to help those less fortunate. So, when my best friend mentioned that her mother was involved in a dietetic association food distribution, I volunteered immediately. I felt like it was important because the economy in our area had declined recently, leaving many without a job and food on the table.

Goal orientation has always been an important attribute of my personality. It is a necessity of mine to create reasonable goals within every realm of my life. It is also a necessity to create dream goals, giving me the ability to strive for something greater than myself. In compliance with this mentality, I expect myself to achieve all goals, no matter the complexity or improbability. I find that making goals and achieving goals keeps me in the mindset to be successful; they keep me motivated, focused, and accountable.