My Volunteering Goals

As a senior I hope to accomplish many goals, some of them being in high school and some relating to college. A goal is an aim or a desired result, but may not always be achieved. Going into senior year I have aspirations of going to a good college and working for higher grades.

My goals for after high school, is to got to Greenville Tech. I have different ideas of what I want to do for my career. I have a lot of plans after high school career-wise. My goal for sure, is to finish college, but there is so much to study,

Volunteering is one of the most important things a person can do especially for the environment. The environment is so important because it is all around us and we depend on it to live. This is why I decided to do some volunteering of my own. For my environmental service I volunteered at Yesler Swamp. The main goal of the work party was the removal of invasive plants. The reason why the invasive plants were a priority was because they were killing off the native plants and thus causing many problems. Not only do invasive plants decrease the overall beauty of the land they also limit the functionality of it as well. This is because native plants provide many positive impacts to their environment. The type of plants that we removed were blackberries,

Two different post-high-school events have been in my plans since I was a young boy. They are: earn money for and serve a church mission, and attend Brigham Young University. These goals stem

Volunteering is key to creating a healthy environment. Having sufficient amounts of undeveloped natural lands is vital to the survival of our environment, especially

When I graduated in June of 2014 I really wasn't sure what I wanted out of life. I was prepared to go to the local community college undecided. I was dragging my feet when it came to getting ready to start school in the fall, and I knew I wasn't ready. I approached my mom with the idea of flying out to California and get to know my family and grandparents there better. 3 weeks later I was on a plane flying to Sacramento, as all my friends began their freshman year of college. I'll admit it was tough to see all my friends take the next step in life and I was a couple thousand miles away with nothing planned out. I decided to take that weekend and head to Lake Tahoe. It literally was a breath of fresh air for me. I was at (debatably) the most beautiful lake on earth. Things seemed clearer to me after that trip and I was able to remind myself that not everyone takes the same path in life, and we definitely won't all end up in the same place. I took the rest of those few months to be outdoorsy, paddleboard, hike and ride horses. When November came and it was time to come home, I was ready.

There are many different options available for those who would like to assist and contribute to their community by volunteering. There are still many options locally in Idaho Falls, such as the Head Start Program, which provides nutrition, parent involvement, health, and even a quality education services to children and families in low-income homes.

Service learning has given me the new opportunity experience helping others and including myself. I enjoy volunteer work because It’s a way of giving back to the community, but also I’ve become confident in public speaking. In addition, volunteer work is a great rewarding experience, and it 's also helped me develop social skills, by supporting others. The contribute can make a positive impact in many ways, Barack Obama said, “ the best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the work with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” There are element that could promise will succeed in life, however, I believe to learn and discover. I will continue volunteering work whenever I can, and I strongly encourage people to join volunteer work because the meaningful impact the lives of their and help thousands of the students confront in reading. It was a great pleasure for me to contribute to the organization to the development of the community through Political Science class volunteering work. The impact that was able to make our community better future.

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

As of now, my mind is still open to considering the various specialties that medicine has to offer. It would be naïve of me to know the specialty I plan on obtaining before I have even begun my graduate medical education; however, I do have a mild interest in primary care. This interest stems from multiple experiences, but none more important than my time spent volunteering at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center (PWFMC).

Becoming a hospice volunteer for terminally ill patients and families is an honor. Volunteering is a gift to these vulnerable patients and families as well as the volunteer. When potential volunteers are asked what the reason is for wanting to volunteer, the answer most frequently given is, “I want to make a difference and give back to our society”. Volunteers make an indescribable difference in the lives of countless hurting people. Volunteers provide companionship and socialization to patients through reading a book, singing, or by doing light chores to name a few. Volunteering can also be something as simple as sitting with a patient, even if that patient is unable to communicate verbally. Their way of communication may instead be through

I decided that I was going to write the first part of the paper without reading the chapters because I wanted to see what theories I unknowing believe in. After I wrote the first part I went through each theory and decided if I felt like I could relate parts of my career story to the theories. However, before I go into the theories I wanted to talk about how it surprised me that it did not cross my mind to talk about how my volunteering has influenced my career story until I read about Creating Narratives in the postmodern section of chapter three. I have done more volunteer “jobs” than I have paying jobs. I have to say as a volunteer the biggest lesson I learned was from how people treated you when they realized you were just volunteering.

Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that I would be working at an aquarium. This job has intrinsically impacted me in multiple ways. As a volunteer at the Maritime Aquarium I have learned about what kind of worker that I am, what kind of person I am, what type of person that I hope to be one day and vital communication skills that are necessary while moving into adult life. Personally, the most important ways that volunteering has impacted me is the sense of confidence I have gained and my newfound passion for these animals.

Ever since I was old enough to volunteer, I started looking for opportunities around my community. At the time when I was thirteen years old, I mainly volunteered as an individual. However, as I grew older I joined programs such as the White Rock Youth Ambassadors (WRYA), Teen Library Council, Good Grief Hospice Program and the Youth Program offered at Peace Arch Hospital.

Volunteering is a key element in society, and it has evolved dramatically over time, taking many forms. Before the 1970’s, the main form of volunteering was local club-style groups which emphasized membership and loyalty. One major goal of many of these club-style groups was to promote local pride by conveying to everyone else that their community is great. They glorify volunteering and participation in a way. However, merely conveying this sense of greatness is not enough; these local groups had to find a way to not only promote their community, but also to improve it as well. They do this by hosting fundraisers and charity events in order to raise money and spread awareness for various social issues. These local club-style groups have very broad goals such as making their community more prosperous, but they do not have any specific goals. They are not geared towards solving specific social problems. Instead, their strategy is to just specialize in raising money and awareness to support many different causes, as money can be used to advance almost any cause. These club-style groups stressed the importance of loyalty. Many of its members felt devoted to the groups they were in and would even make space in their schedule to accommodate for meetings and events. Many of the people who participated in such groups were reluctant to skip a meeting, since they viewed the club as not only a long-term commitment but also as a social escape. Some people join these club-style groups