Personal Narrative: I Volunteer In My Community

During my volunteer hours I learned a lot about my own community I that I have not been able to experience. For example I have never been able to participate in so many writing programs and workshops in my local high school, this is because I also did not attend my own local high school because my mother did not allow me to instead, she asked me to attend a charter school. By partnering with LA826, I was able to attend different writing workshops where I would help different high school student write essay, cover letters, and personal statements. Furthermore I believed that most of my activities consisted of just being able to listen to some of the students.

Through the duration of this course some of my opinions on civic issues have changed and some have stayed the same. An opinion of mine that has changed is the number of flaws in our education system. This is an important civic issue because the education of young people is deciding the future of this world. This is politically significant because this generation will grow up to be a part of politics whether running for a role in the federal, provincial, or municipal parliamentary or simply voting in an election.

I was raised in the great, small community known as Tigard. I love my community, the schools, the people, and the opportunities. Coming from a background of low income, my family and I were in a constant need of food, clothes, and home goods. I was lucky enough to have a great community with churches and even neighbors who were always willing to extend a hand and guide my family throughout our experiences. I have my community to thank for my childhood.

In the past, I have volunteered in the community by ringing bells for the Salvation Army, working at Toy Time, and helping with Upward Basketball games. During the Christmas season, I volunteered to ring bells outside of stores and collect donations for the Salvation Army. Each time I volunteered for 3-4 hours about 5 or 6 times each Christmas season. In the past, I have also volunteered at Toy Time, the weekend before Christmas for about 6 hours. At Toy Time, I would pick out donated toys for families and children in need. Lastly, I have volunteered at Upward Basketball as a scoreboard operator and at the concession stand. I would volunteer for about 5 hours every other weekend in January, February, and March. Simply put, I think it is important

Throughout my life, I have found importance in extending a helpful hand to my local community. In the past years, I have volunteered at my church as not only a child care provider but also a vacation bible school teacher's assistant. I have also spent numerous hours volunteering at Georgetown Middle High School as a tutor and mentor to middle school and high school students. Throughout all four years of high school I played soccer, but now that I am in college, I periodically play a friendly game every so often. Exercising and remaining active is important for mental and physical health and I take every opportunity to encourage others to do so, including volunteering as an assistant coach for my hometown's middle school track team. I have realized

I am a member of Key Club, which is an high school organization that helps the local community. I joined this club to spend time to volunteer and also have the opportunity to give back to the community. Each month, there is a hour long meeting, which the members attend and we come up with project ideas to build a better community. Our club has food drives and we collect clothes to give to donation centers. Being a part of Key Club I also got the opportunity to volunteer with VFW which was one of the best experiences. Also, I volunteer at the Sikh Temple, which is a place to worship for Sikh people. However, people from all faiths and backgrounds are welcome to come and attend. Some of my activities include assisting to cook food for the people

I have contributed to the Key Communities values by getting to know people in my cluster, I learned that we all came from different backgrounds. I am from a community that is not diverse and surrounded with people that had the same type of perspective on political, economic, etc. views and coming to Key was completely different. I learned that not everyone in Key had the same perspectives as me so I learned to understand where they are coming from and that it is OK to have different perspectives. It did not mean I disliked that person, I just learned that because Key is very diverse that we would be bringing different things to the table. As a cluster, we worked on a service project that we made breakfast for homeless people in Old Town. It

Roughly two years ago during the summer, my dad and I volunteered to participate in a community service event sponsored by his employer, Duke Energy. The event involved volunteers to pick up litter from the local green way and clear a path for trails that hikers and bikers could navigate. We arrived at the green way just before dawn to meet a several of his colleagues and to lay out tools for people to grab. Once the head volunteer gave us a speech about safety and how to properly use the tools, we headed down the trails. We started off by picking up any litter that we saw, which was way more than what I actually thought would be down there, and then started hacking away at the thick grass to carve up a trail. Early on, this was a fairly easy

I would change my community so that we waste less food. Currently, many food sellers have strict rules in place which result in perfectly edible food being thrown out. I have frequently seen cafeteria workers at my school take away hot meals from students with insufficient funds, resulting in hungry students and fuller landfills. On a visit to Walmart recently, I watched customer service workers refund a consumer for returned, unopened food, and then promptly mark the goods as waste. After closing, restaurants will dispose of their unsold daily goods in garbage. I believe our community needs to stop feeding maggots and landfills and start feeding the

Who would have thought that one animal could make such a difference within a community? The following will detail, how a stray dog inspires a community coalition, to assist other animals, and my experience as a volunteer for the coalition’s very 1st community event. Now, take a further look at

For my volunteer work, I am the pianist for Saturday masses at my local Vietnamese church. This usually takes up about 2 hours every Saturday. The actual mass itself is only 1 hour but the practice time takes the longest. Starting off, as an Asian-American, my understanding of Vietnamese was very poor. I was able to speak and comprehend but it was on a very basic level. One of the steps I had to overcome was being able to become more fluent in Vietnamese. Another step that I had to overcome was adapting to the music style. American hymns were significantly different and I had grown up playing "American" songs. Adjusting to this change was hard at first, as different styles of music made it hard for me to comprehend what I was playing. As

I have done a great deal of volunteering at schools, retirement homes, and community events.

I have learned that I have a passion for serving others. While at BYU I will use this passion to make my experience there the very best that I can in many different ways. Firstly I would use my passion for service to help and engage myself in school sponsored projects as much as possible. My participation in events will allow me to meet good people who share common interests. It will also help me to be happier in my life. Also, my passion for service will benefit those that I come to associate with and most of all those I serve. The unique happiness that I get from helping others will bless my life and help me to excel academically. Third of all I want to serve my fellow classmates and teachers as much as I am able too. I know this help will

Coming from a small community is either a burden sometime, or it is occasionally the best that can ever happen in your life. If a person comes from a small town, it feels as if people are always in others peoples business, but it could be the most comfortable feeling when a person’s community is there to back them up. I come from a town of around two thousand people. Unfortunately, my town has endured tremendous and multiple tragedies. My little town has survived the deaths of class mates, officers, coaches, and well known community members. All of these deaths were unexpected and rocked everyone in the community. It felt like every time and accident happened the community knew that the school would be hit the hardest. I can’t count

I am a part of Time to Revive, which came from Dallas in 2015 to my home city of Fort Wayne, Indiana. We were taught and equipped to go out into the community and share the Gospel in such a way that made it easy for anyone to do it. Several are still doing this every week from different churches. We gather, worship, train, eat, pray, and go out into our community to pray with, and share the Gospel. We have seen many healings, salvations, and several being baptized in the Holy Spirit.