Personal Statement- Stephanie Vogelgesang There has never been one moment signifying my epiphany into medicine but rather a series of thoughtful, conscious, and reflective decisions. It was my spring break and the weather outside at 6am was wet with wind chills in the 30s. Snow had covered all our supplies and lay as a thick blanket atop our pile of two by eights. This was the first time I had ever seen snow and my first experience with a sawzaw. Our mission trip this year had brought us to Floyd County, Kentucky to help rebuild homes for those who live in areas that are considered to have some of the highest poverty rates in the nation. The people here do not have much, so they were very grateful that we were able to come out and provide them with the help they needed in stabilizing their homes after the rough winter. I was working on a home belonging to Porty, a man responsible for providing for his family of eight when he became disabled after a back injury in the mines years prior. We had gotten a few chances to talk while I was there and he spoke with such enthusiasm of how truly grateful he was that we were helping his family. It was towards the end of the week and we had sat down for a moment, and while I was sitting on the floor playing with his granddaughter, he thanked me. It was such a simple moment, but my spirits were lifted and I realized that I was making a difference with my involvement here. It might be a small contribution in the scheme of it all but it
Many people have tried to glance into the future to find their own worst case scenarios of what might happen, and warn the public to make certain it does not. Novels, movies, short stories, songs and even poems have been written about these dystopian societies. In Fahrenheit 451, books are burned by firemen and people are absorbed in technology. In the video 2081, people are made all completely equal by technology. In both of these, technology is embraced and memory is taken for granted.
This past summer, I acquired an internship at Baldwin and Lyons, an insurance company in Indianapolis. Every Wednesday during my internship, a couple of employees and I would participate in a prodigious community service project, Meals on Wheels. Throughout the three months that I worked at Baldwin and Lyons, I got acquainted with some of the individuals whom we delivered to. These inspiring individuals were so grateful and appreciative that we took time out of our day to volunteer to do such a service. One elderly woman who we delivered to would sing to us as she came to the front door “good meals, good meals, good meals.” She is one woman that I will never forget. First going into this, I was elated knowing I was I getting out of the
I discovered my passion for medicine. Conversing with patients is something that I found great joy in. Few other professional fields offer such connections to a wide range of human beings. I have been given advice I will never forget, and learned things about the world in a unique way. This offered an opportunity for spiritual, cultural and personal growth, and vice versa in the case of the patient.
The summer before high school, I decided it was time to get involved in the community. A close family friend who attended my church offered a volunteer position with her organization called Clothes to You that supplies low-income families with free attire. The non-profit organization resonated closely with me as my tribe, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, suffers from severe financial hardships, and realizing how life changing an organization such as this could be I promptly accepted her offer. On designated days we drove the mobile van to predetermined locations and transformed the desolate parking lot to a bustling shopping center. People of all ages filled the aisles and I assisted shoppers searching for outfits as varied as interview
The gift that my group performed for the community of Juneau, Alaska is snow removal. The group consisted of my two most trustworthy peers Marcos Yadao and Mitchell Laudert. We all understood that living in a small tight knit town such as Juneau; the smallest of tasks can have the biggest impacts. That is when the light bulb in our intellectual brains and the idea of snow removal came to mind. It was an appropriate job for the winter season. With heavy snow flurries in the forecast, this would be an achievable accomplishment. With the service in mind our next step was to pick a location. We did not want to select the wealthy neighborhoods because the residents there would probably be financially able to pay for such services. The location that we settled on was not a poverty stricken area, but the homes consisted of elderly residence. To avoid complications with the occupants of the home and explain our reasoning for the free service we wanted to only do homes were the residence weren’t present. That did not hold up to a standard when we actually got around to carry out the service. The whole point of going out and helping people of Juneau with their snow blanketed driveways, walkways, and porches too was to gain self respect and also to prove to the world that good can come from anything and anywhere too.
The Union Gospel Mission is a homeless shelter that gives its residents jobs within the shelter. They are able to work in the field that they want to get into; things like cooking, cleaning, and many other things. While we were there, some of us were able to work in the kitchen and help prepare a meal for the residents. As the meal was being made, the rest of us were working out in a warehouse, sorting clothes. When it was time for us to eat, most of the residents had already left the dining hall, but there were still a couple of them there. Those last few people had waited in the dining hall because they had wanted to meet us. One of them, a woman, was so unbelievably thankful to see us there, for us getting out and helping
On December 2nd of 2015, my city of San Bernardino encountered a terrorist attack that took the lives of 14 innocent people and injured 22 at the Inland Regional Center. I can only imagine what it feels like to lose someone whose only intentions were to go to work. This devastated many families and took away their loved ones. Seeing the pain and heartbreak, I knew that there was something that needed to be done. After seeing the chaos go on in my city, I decided to volunteer at my local Salvation Army to do something good in the middle of all this negativity. I donated clothes my family no longer used, blankets, and even pillows for those who couldn't afford them. I also volunteered to serve lunch on the weekends. Seeing their faces knowing
Thinking back on my morning, I came to realization that God has blessed my friends and I graciously. We do not struggle to find shelter or beg for food. There are so many things to be grateful for such as a loving family and a good education. I am ashamed to say that I usually take these blessings for granted. God was present throughout the whole experience because He was present in the volunteers, the people who donated the canned goods, and the people receiving the canned goods. One of Jesus’ teachings was to love your neighbor as you love yourself. It is through volunteering and helping out in the community that we fulfill this teaching. Also, the more I told my friends about Second Harvest the more they starting joining and volunteering. Second Harvest has strengthened my actions because it has made become more active in my community. It also has shown to me that there are people in my community that are starving, so my friends and I need to try our best to make their life a little bit
I was talking to my grandma earlier and I told her my plan and how I was going to give the kids at Children’s Hospital blankets. She said that it was a good idea, but that the hospitals already have a lot of blankets and then she recommended making them for the elderly at Presbyterian Homes who are all one and stuck there. I thought that my grandma’s suggestion was a really good idea and I set a goal for myself to make blankets for Presbyterian Homes. I really enjoyed making the blanket and I learned a lot, and I am looking forward to doing it again tomorrow and this
The uses of archetypes are crucial in helping in the development of a story. They come in handy in helping the writers to avoid the use of some clichés as well as negative things that may be viewed by the audience as being socially unfit and entirely unethical. Being significantly employed in the classification of characters, they play a crucial role in the determination various qualities that the characters may share. In the context of the Greek mythology, non-Greek as well as in the modern-time stories, different archetypes have been used including the heroes, shadows, mentors and much more to help in the classification of various characters. This paper will, however, focus on an in-depth exploration of shadows with a central focus on how the use of Villains and enemies have been used to classify characters in the context of Greek mythology, non-Greek mythology as well as the stories of the modern times in general.
In the fall of 2014 I was presented with the opportunity to go on a missions trip to Zambia. We had a few meetings about this trip and interest grew. Next thing I knew it was March of 2015 and I was headed off to Haiti. Plans had changed but I could never have imagined what great impact this would have on my life.
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Everyday I thank God and life for having a roof on top on my head , good health that allows me to work and study, food that I can share ,and a loving family that supports me. Without all these blessing, I would be like many others that unfortunately live without the privileges that I have today. The multiple acts of kindness from my neighbors were the first of many benevolent acts that I’ve witnessed throughout my life. As a result, I’ve reprocreated their altruistic actions by serving others.
Upon arrival, our first activity was to work in the trailer park. While these people were not homeless, they were in quite severe poverty. However, they were nothing like one may expect. One was a very friendly older woman who had worked and gone to college in her younger days but she had been abducted and hurt severely in her twenties. Even though that happen, she was cheerful and had poetic talents. Another was a family whose screen door we replaced because they could not afford a new one. The father was hard working and was made sure all of his children had an education and a roof over their head while the mother cooked and cleaned. Each was doing their part to make the best of their lives. The last was a middle aged couple who needed their trailer badly cleaned. They not only were thankful but they prayed over our group before we left. We a blessing to each of their lives but, they were to ours as
I quote a man who has been accepted by the general populace to be accurate in his observations of society: “Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work”, Aldous Huxley is known to have said. I know not the purpose of life, but I know of passion, and mine lies in medicine.