My Experience At St. Xavier 's Social Service Center

I was the vice president of promotion, and I performed a great deal of the promotion work and helped the other officers with their responsibilities. I organized an entrepreneur guest speaker to come in. I emailed the speaker and met with her outside of school to arrange the details of the event. Fortunately, the speaker visitation was a great success. Mrs. McGhee recognized my hard work and in addition to the role of vice president of promotion, she assigned me the position of vice president of community service. That same night, I went to work and contacted the local food bank to organize a volunteering opportunity for the DECA club. After volunteering there, my fellow officers and DECA members were so inspired with serving the less fortunate that some of them have come back to volunteer many times. Furthermore, DECA members signed up to work in the school’s retail store in the mornings, and I noticed very few people were fulfilling their duties as a worker in the retail store. This was really hurting us as a club because we weren’t making that much of an income due to the lack of adequate

Acts of service always created a desire in me to help make people’s lives better. People often put forth their best when

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

As a student, I have demonstrated many works of service to my community and school. Service opportunities have shaped me into the person I am today and these projects have made me realize how fortunate I am for all that I have. While I've been doing these service projects through the years, it has been a pleasure seeing the joy on the faces of people that aren't as fortunate as I am. Service projects that I have completed include managing the fish booth at the St. Leo's Parish Festival, being an altar server at St. Leo's Parish, helping cook dinner for the Ridgway Fire Department during carnival day setup, participating in the St. Marys Light Up Night by dancing, and Christmas caroling to local residents. I also participated in a zombie/princess

Service is one of the essential pillars of the National Honor Society. While a member of the National Honor Society I have participated in many projects that have changed the way I see the world. While volunteering I have met many fascinating individuals that have different stories. Stories that have influenced my future goals to help and show kindness to everyone. While volunteering at Care one I have met multiple people who always have a smile on their face no matter how bad or good their day is going. Therefore the most significant moment that has impacted me is one story in particular. During the weekend I volunteer with an elderly woman. She is kind, friendly and has the biggest smile. While volunteering with her I have learned that volunteering

The purpose of this meeting to just find out if the clients have a plan, if they are adjusting well and to allow the clients to just get some things off their mind. That’s all that we can do because we are not a counseling center for the DARTEN population. I have about thirty minutes with them and I will probably never see them again, because we do not

Over the course of my academic career, I have volunteered with Key Club at my school and other various places, such as the Poe Center for Health Education and WakeMed Health and Hospitals. Involvement with each organization has had a tremendous impact on my character. Often, while at the Poe Center, I had hours alone to create educational tools, file papers, and enter data into spreadsheets which taught me responsibility and integrity. I always strived for the best when I completed tasks at the Poe Center and at WakeMed. Each organization has been impacted through my volunteer services. With Key Club, we had monthly trips to the senior home. Each time I visited the senior home, the elder’s faces would light up because many of them did not have

I am currently completing my final internship for the School of Social Work at Stephen F. Austin State University at Burke Center, a mental health agency located in Nacogdoches, Texas. (myburke.org, 2017) states that “Burke’s mission is to provide the highest-quality and most compassionate and comprehensive mental health and developmental disability services to every client in East Texas that needs them.” The agency is well known in the area for providing superior mental health services covering a twelve county radius in East Texas. (myburke.org, 2017) confirms that they provide services to Angelina, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine,

As finals were winding down in may 2015, i found myself surrounded by my fellow peers and upperclassmen i've never met in my school's community service

While I have been blessed with many opportunities that helped me grow by pushing me to new limits, my volunteer work at South McKeel Academy through National Honor Society is my most memorable. The way I was brought upon this experience was not with the average vote. One morning I showed up to the 7 A.M. meeting ready to hear about how all

Over the course of a month, I dedicated time to volunteer with agencies that focus on providing safe and productive programs for children. Stop Child Abuse Now also known as SCAN, focuses on stopping/preventing child abuse in homes. This agency teams with many different agencies around Richmond to help parents and children coop and learn way to avoid situations of abuse. My duty for volunteering was teaming with Virginia Commonwealth University Health Services and making SCAN a known organization throughout Richmond community. VCU threw a wellness block party that included many different health services but also gave members of the community to learn and seek help with many different organizations that were there promoting their business or organization. I sat with one other girl and passed out flyers and contact information to those who were interested in the organizations. I explained to individuals what the program was about and the benefits of the program. I had one particular interaction with this young mother who explained she was in a situation where children were being abused and the authorities were notified and now she’s seeking counseling for her and the children involved. I and the other young lady volunteering with me were able to give her information on the program and also contact numbers to individuals that could help her situation. This young woman was very grateful and happy she found an organization that could assist her with her situation. From this

The year was 2005 and I remember how excited I was to be starting first grade; a new teacher, new friends, it was going to be an exciting year. I had only been in school for a couple of weeks when Hurricane Katrina made land fall decimating the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I vaguely remember boarding up the house, and packing clothes and important items in order to evacuate. After two or three days of travel, we ended up at my grandparents’ house in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was while I was in Cincinnati that I was introduced to community service. After learning about the major devastation that Katrina caused, my parents could not just sit and do nothing. Over the next couple of weeks we reached out to family and long time friends to raise donations of clothing and supplies. I distinctly remember, one day, my mom’s former college roommate and her family pulling up with a huge

In eighth grade, I reached beyond my community and took part in a Stop Hunger Now program. The goal was to package 20,000 meals in under two hours and we reached it with time to spare. We wrote a reflection after having engaged in this service event; I don’t remember exactly what I had written, but I do remember the contentment I felt after helping that number of people. I learned that I retain a sense of confidence and satisfaction when someone has a smile on their face as a result of my

The first time I volunteered at the Urban Ministry Center and witness how the employees interacted with the neighbors (homeless) I was impressed. I knew right at that moment I wanted to work or volunteer there on a regular basis in any capacity of helping, but I also knew I needed more understanding of human behavior. So, I decided to attend Central Piedmont Community College to attain an associate in Human Services (HS). One of the courses in HS is Interviewing Techniques, and in this course, I was assigned to do a service learning project in a Human Service environment. Since I already have a rapport with Urban Ministry I knew this is where I wanted to complete my assignment. This

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