My Vision And Goals Of My Life

In tenth grade, my English teacher posed the class with a question: what are you going to do for your community? She emphasized the importance of making a positive impact, even if it meant simply smiling as you hold the door open for someone. She prompted us to go out of our comfort zone and do something for our community. While I had been volunteering at Church and at school, I had never really taken a step out of my comfort zone. Instead of just helping out in, say, a soup kitchen, I decided that it was time

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.

Volunteering has been an essential part of my life in the past few years. As an immigrant to Canada, I deemed it my responsibility to serve my community here and back home. Hence when I got ample of opportunities to get involved I always seized them.

If every person lent a hand to those in need, the world could become a more functional place. I’ve always known this, but it was solidified when I joined National Honor Society. In this club, we have the opportunity to help those around us through community service, and I am so grateful. Just last year the club had the privilege to go to Seattle and hand out food and other supplies that might help members of the homeless population. Moments like these remind me that everyone should strive to make a positive impact on the community. Leaving it better than you found

Volunteering to feed the homeless is truly an eye opening experience to what reality is. There is an estimated one hundred million homeless people in the world who are starving and are trying to find a way to survive. On a day-to-day basis, we see homeless people everywhere such as on the streets, by the freeway asking for money so they can feed themselves, or maybe even feed their own family. One day, my mom and I decided we had to take action after witnessing so many homeless people on the streets.When people are in such a difficult situation, their only option is to beg for money because they have no roof over their head, and no food to eat. Many of these people are suffering from their own decisions, unemployment, or for other personal reasons. There are many homeless people who are sick and suffering from severe mental illnesses. It breaks my heart seeing homeless people in the streets, so I knew I had to take action and help out someway. The experience of volunteering to feed the homeless was most certainly a life changing experience. It made me realize how grateful I am for my life, how important it is to help those in great need, and to never take a meal for granted or roof for granted. This event was one that happened in the spur of the moment but has also changed me as a a person by becoming more involved and helping out more in my community , learning to never taking anything for granted, and by not assuming all homeless people are bad people as such.

My name is Sai Janaki, and as part of my purpose, I will encourage, support, teach, help, guide, and love the people in my life. I believe that challenge makes you a better person. I always strive to be the best version of myself, and achieve my goals through dedication, diligent work, confidence, and patience.

For my Service Learning project I volunteered at Larsa Banquet Hall as a server for a youth group dinner production. I refilled water pitchers, collected dirty plates and helped clean. I also volunteered for the Turlock High School play and was given the job of box office manager. I gave up my lunch period for three weeks to go sit in the PA building and sell tickets. I then had to go to all eight shows an hour early to sell tickets before house opens and stay and help sell concessions, and then after the show was over I would have to help clean up. I like to believe that both the events I volunteered for helped benefit the community by providing entertainment. They both made people laugh and whenever people left either event, they all had a smile on their face. Almost everyone I talked to after the play told me how good the cast did and asked when the next production would be. It was satisfying knowing that I had a part in these people’s happiness, even though it was a very small part.

Given the diverse nature of my community, I had the opportunity to volunteer with people from a variety of racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. For instance, I mentored a fourth grader who was experiencing behavioral problems in the classroom, having trouble with his schoolwork and

My first volunteer experience was at the Kaka’ako Homeless Shelter with Olivet Baptist Church. I have assisted with the preparation and distribution of nutritious home cooked meals to underprivileged families since the age of twelve. I was fortunate to be given this opportunity since it allowed me to witness the living conditions of low-income families. Having been exposed to this environment at a young age, my attitude towards individuals of lower socioeconomic status was unaffected by the discrimination these individuals face from society. I continue to enjoy volunteering and being a component

The activities that I have participated in such as the Food Bank volunteer and church volunteer, have made the community around me healthier and united. My participation impacts everyone who needs these help. By showing that the younger generations like mine are interested and is actively seeking to help out the society, people could feel more united and bonded around the community to seek out how we could help them.

When I volunteer at Baltimore soup kitchens and Elkridge food pantries, I meet a variety of clients. Sometimes, I get a chance to listen to their stories. Their words let me know that they did not arrive here because of drugs or laziness, but because of their own unique, unfortunate situations. My experiences volunteering make it clear that everything is multi-faceted, whether it is a person, an object or an idea. The heartbreaking story of a rather scary looking gentlemen reminds me to not be arrogant or judgmental and to approach unfamiliarity with respect and curiosity instead. These activities expand my perspectives and teaches me to be humble. Overall, I am able to grow and mature as a person through these

Volunteering is good for the mind, body, and soul. For some of us, it is hard to find the time. Becoming creative and doing what you deem a little can be BIG for another. Dr. Martin Luther King said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent questions is “What are you doing for others?”

I took English classes, worked hard and was determined to earn a college degree and obtain my own American dream. The opportunity for higher education presented itself and I became the first person in my family to attend college. However, I lacked the guidance, knowledge, and financial support to succeed.

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

One way I have helped my community was I helped joined my friends dad on a bike tour, it was part of church. We had made sandwiches the night before, so in the morning we would have been ready to leave. At the time, My friend and I as well as others who lived in the same building were up early around 9am to 10am, to pack up the sandwiches and water bottles into the duffle bag. we then rode our bikes in a group of five people. We went as far as to balboa park and back. We fed as many homeless people as we could have. With a few homeless people that were sleeping, we will gently wake them up or sometimes we would just leave the food beside them and continued on our journey. I was inspired to act upon this because to me, it instantly felt good