Post Americorps Motivation Report

I have spent the greater part of my life dedicated to service. Therefore, upon leaving college I decided to do an AmeriCorps year of service and then decided to pursue my MSW at BU. However, with my MSW came financial burdens that I could not take on with my meager saving from my year of service, much which was used to relocate to the Boston area, and my Segal Award, which was not matched by the school. I have no outside financial resources an am support myself through working part-time. I will be unable to work as much due to the demands of advance year placement.

I am drawn to AmeriCorps because of its commitment to service and matching members to non-profit organizations. I am truly interested in AmeriCorps' service missions including poverty reduction, literacy and youth development, and mentoring. I served as a volunteer helping organize activities for neglected and abused children at the Children’s Advocacy Center, served on a committee for children’s literacy with Better World Books Drive, and volunteered for Big Brothers Big Sisters and American Red Cross. I am comfortable interacting with youth and children. I have always envisioned myself as a leader involved in improving the health of populations and serving my community and I aim to continue the work of improving the missions of anti-poverty

Service brings me great joy, and I continually seek ways that I can help those around me. The day after school gets out, my youth group and I are leaving for Mexico City to serve with an organization, Niños de Mexico, that provides a safe house for orphans and children from broken homes. I also recently committed to volunteering my time each Sunday with the kids at my church. My efforts to serve extend through my daily life as well, for example, when sister has had a rough day, I make her tea or brownies. I take care of my neighbor’s kids for free when they’re having a busy week. None of these tasks feel like work to me, I love to help people as much as possible. I look forward to the new service opportunities National Honor Society will provide.

The best role models are those who have been where you are and have made it through what you are going through. Americorps takes young people who are 18-24 years of age and gives them a chance to share their experiences surviving school and their challenges navigating college with students in inner-city communities.

Emigrated from the Philippines, the moment I step into the American soil, I knew that I was given an opportunity to serve and contribute my unique view of the world. Aside from having a degree in Accounting, my Public Affair major with Public Management specialty, will allow me to

In early July, 2014 I had just graduated high school. I decided I wanted to do something spontaneous and to help people. That late may I had gone to a career fair where I obtained an informational packet for AmeriCorps. I didn’t give the packet much thought other than a passing interest. When I graduated I remembered the packet and decided why not. The most important day of my life was the day I officially joined AmeriCorps.

While I wish I was strong enough, honorable enough, and brave enough to serve the United States, I know that I will find a way to contribute to the success of those who do.

As a Jackson Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp Cadet and Police Explorer, upon acceptance of this scholarship I will be able to contribute to society. How might you ask? Throughout my high school career I was taught the value of serving and protecting the community. “Integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do” was the motto taught to me by the AF Jr. ROTC program . “Class two line of blue law enforcement through and through” was the motto taught to be by the Youth police academy. These motto’s reflect everything that I stand for, everything that I believe in. That if I was ever to gained the privilege of

Members are enrolled in the AmeriCorps National Service Program, serving the community through environmental restoration in the Midwest. Please describe what serving your community means to you and provide an example.

I am interested in working with AmeriCorps for several reasons. First, I am looking into the Master Social Work degree at the University of Washington with a concentration in Administration and Policy Practice or Community-Centered Integrative Practice. I believe that the work experience I could gain through serving with AmeriCorps will be valuable to my career development. Second, I feel strongly that engaging in community development is important for relieving social problems such as poverty, hunger, and homelessness. We have the resources available to feed and house everyone it is just a matter of collaborating resources and ensuring that nothing goes to waste. I want to be a part of progressive solutions to global and local problems and

After graduating for college, I plan to apply to help serve in the peace corps. I once read in my french class how it one of the United State Ambassadors got to where he was and it talked about how he helped serve in the Peace Corps and how that opened many doors to him because he was not only able to put the degree in college to good use but how he was also able to work with foreign countries helping show that he had the skills and abilities required to work as an ambassador. This is not the only reason that I would like to help with the Peace Corps however, I just want to help people. In the end that is my overall goal and working with the Peace Corps would give me the opportunity to help. To see what people experience on a day to day living

I believe that AmeriCorps is a great organization that wishes to bring aid, create leaders, and create a sense of community. I wish to support and assist marginalized communities. By lending a helping hand, mentoring, understanding, and positively reinforcing individuals I wish to help communities that just need extra assistance or that need to be strengthened. I also wish to aid in building the confidence of individuals. I believe that with the proper guidance and assistance people are inspired to seek opportunities to become their best selves. I know first hand how powerful civic engagement can be in a community and would like share my own experiences of community upliftment having through programs similar to Americorps. I have worked in the field of insurance and have skills of: customer service, organizational, analytical, data entry/editing, and empathetic listening. In addition to having insurance knowledge, I have experience working with diverse groups. From leading an empowerment group for women called Unconventional Womyn for seven months and volunteering with various non-profits I have learned leadership skills, public speaking, educational skills, and much more. I am interested in taking the skills that I have and strengthening them by working with AmeriCorps. I am also interested in assisting

First off I just wanted to say thank you for your service because if it was not for you we would not be writing essays right now. I just have to say, I like the words of Abraham Lincoln’s quote who said, “My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope on earth.” I love the word “Dream” and the part of the quote about the “America’s best and last hope on the earth.” The best last hope on earth makes me happy to read because I believe it is true. America’s gift to my generation is hope.

Mostly I did Americorps because I wanted to be apart of something bigger and be apart of the Community and not knowing where to start, I had a friend who did Americorps and I wanted to work here and they were hiring for an Americorps position so I applied and took one. I am signing up to do another year here at the Regional Food Bank. You get a lot of experience, a lot of meeting new people and making connections and its really worth while to me. If your in it for their pay you’re in if for the wrong reason you have to be in it do something bigger than yourself and be apart of something bigger and to have positive change in the community. I love being here, I don’t want to leave. Carla asked me in one of my interviews why did I like being here and I was like it just feeds my soul to be here. I feel better as a person, emotionaly, spiritually any other way you can think of I feel better being here. I know I am making a difference even if I don’t see the direct change, I know I am helping out and making a difference. I need that for my own personal self. The environement here is fantastic. When I tell people what I do I always get a positive reacation. Everyone is always like that is so sweet and good that you are doing that, I’m like its good for me. It’s good for people in the community yes, but it is good for me too. When I started CSFP had been moved around from like five different people. No one here wanted to mess with it really, the pantries and community partners were

Working with nonprofit agencies and AmeriCorp V.I.S.T.A. (Volunteer in Service to America), I had the opportunity to learn firsthand at the efforts given within agencies to service the environment and the public by making changes, and implementing reforms on different issues. I found I have a passion for people, legal policies, compliances, and I am very good as a spokes person, or advocate speaking on change. During the time when I was facilitating as a General Education Development instructor for