Reflection About Service

I did my community service at Dr. Porter and Clark in Flat Rock during November 2016. They were doing their annual food drive for families that couldn’t afford thanksgiving in neighboring cities. The food drive needed help dividing up food for the families and organizing/making the drive route. I chosed this service because as someone who actively uses food banks on month to month basis, even week to week sometimes it's nice to give

Serving others is a down deep way of learning more about yourself and helping others to see past themselves. Our Business and Professional Communication class participated in several service projects, which were interesting and exciting to be involved with helping others. As I am studying the major courses of Early Childhood/Special Education, our group project with the “Big Brothers Big Sister” program was very memorable to me. It was wonderful to have fun and participate in various activities with the kids. The environment was caring due to everyone helping each other accomplish different tasks. It was a great feeling to be able to share our time, talents, and hearts with the kids.

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

At a young age I discovered a passion for helping others and I have continued to be passionate about serving my community since then. At the age of eight years old I began the first year of what would soon be my ten year membership of 4-H. Through that program and my church’s youth group I truly began to understand what selfless service was all about. I first began helping others by walking dogs at the local shelter and helping my 4-H club clean the sides of the highways. I later was able to experience several mission trips that opened my eyes to the larger aspect of service. My love for helping people continued to grow as I got older and I continued to find ways to make a difference. One of my favorite experiences was getting to help cook and serve a meal at a homeless

I volunteered at the Hubbard House, which is a home away from home for people who have family in the hospital or are being treated by the hospital and don’t want to live there, as the hospital is a 5 minute bus ride away. Our job was to serve the residents who were currently housed there, a hot homemade spaghetti and meatballs meal with garlic bread and assorted desserts. We served them as if it were a restaurant and brought smiles to their faces.

It gave me the chance to vanquish my fears while also realizing that it is God’s plan for me to help out my community. However, I am not surprised that there are still unanswered questions in my head such as: Why is there such a big hunger problem? Why is this problem not spoken about more often? Is there any other way I can help stop this problem? This service has made me more knowledgeable and aware of my community. In addition, this service project has made me take matters into my own hands. Currently, every time my family goes grocery shopping I make sure they get at least five canned goods for donating. As more of my friends volunteer and more donations come in I think we can end this fight for hunger in southern Louisiana. In addition, I believe that we should all take a step back and be thankful for all that we have because some people don’t have such luxuries. God is omnipresent, He would not want to see His children starving. Finally, I see it as a mission that we volunteers get more people involved to volunteer for the greater

I was a participant in the Labor of Love event on Saturday, September 9 from 8:00am-12:00pm. At 8:00am on Saturday, we all gathered on the McKenna Lawn for a brief meeting and continental breakfast. During that time, together as Setonians, one of the Sisters of Charity spoke to us about the importance of performing charitable works, and how these works will impact many people who are in need of our gift of service. After those impactful words, we were dismissed off to our service sights. I signed up for the Greater Parkview Church. I really did not know what to expect when I signed up for the service day, but I thought it would be a great opportunity to meet fellow students and serve at the same time. The church is located on the corner of Westminster Avenue. It is a large building that houses service every Sunday morning and a bible study every Wednesday night. When my friends and I walked into the doors, the pastor was sitting in his office. He immediately put us to work. We cleaned the inside and outside of the windows. Inside of the sanctuary space, we vacuumed, Lysol wiped the wooden pews and microphone stands. Also, we dusted the wooden fixtures on the altar and the surrounding area.

Growing up going to a Catholic school and being a part of the Catholic faith my entire life has undoubtedly shaped me to the person that I am today. I have always done service without hesitation because it is just part of who I am and what I have been taught to do throughout the years. Throughout the years I have been apart of many different service organizations and projects. Some examples oh the community service I have been apart of would include Luke 18, Vacation Bible School, PSR teacher assistant, and School events that require student aid. The total amount of service hours I have on record with St. Dominic is one hundred and five hours as of Junior year.

It was an unforgettable life changing experience. I went from a cold hearted Atheist to a loving Catholic in one weekend and I have not reverted since. This was a turning point to who I am now the great Mr. Fab. I began my crusade of volunteering soon after and have not slowed down. Fast forward from the summer I lived the retreat to February of the following year to when I made the longest and strongest service project I have undertaken to this date. Since I was in Confirmation classes I understood that as part of the confirmation classes we should take part in service and use the guidance of the Holy Spirit to make thoughtful decisions. I took lots of time pondering what I should do for service and how I could positively affect other people in my own local community. After lots of thought and research, I decided I was going to be an Altar server at San Martin. Most people believe all an Altar Server is, is just an average teen who puts on a gown and plays a servant for an hour. To me it is more than a just an act you perform on weekends, it is the essence of being a Catholic. Being Catholic is more than being a follower of Christ by attending mass on a weekly basis,

Starting out at the American Cancer Society I never thought I would actually look forward to waking up at 6:30am to walk all the way there, but the more I volunteered the more I was looking forward to Thursday mornings and seeing all the wonderful people who work and stay there. Service is an extremely important part of being a leader. A big component of being a leader is connecting with others. Service is a great way to get out there, meet new people, and gain new perspectives. Being a service-oriented leader will help you connect with more people and build relationships within your community. Servant leadership is being able to provide that service, while also being able to reflect on how you are

I feel that Weikel Elementary provides a variety of support services for our students. These services include a school psychologist, school counselor, a behavior specialist, and a MFLAC. The behavior specialist is assigned to our school by the military hospital and is only allowed to service our military population. The MFLAC is also assigned to our building from Fort Carson and is there to facilitate deployment groups for children of deployed military personnel. The school counselor provides school wide lessons on character education as well as facilities support groups for students. I have had the opportunity to work with all of these specialists. Through the systems that we have in place, I have been able to build trusting relationships

Throughout the day working with each student I noticed myself stressing quality service with their patients, therefore the leadership principal I utilized in my role as team leader was “Build a Culture around Service.” Every patient has different needs and those needs should be addressed through the care we provide as student nurses. Our service applies not only to the patient, but to the patient’s family and friends who are there visiting too. Working with the students I tried to stress how important the little things are. For example, one patient was tired of being in bed and she wanted to look out the window at the snow falling. Together with another student we got her out of bed and extended her oxygen, IV lines, and pulse oximeter as far

A significant service experience that I have accomplished in my life are the Little Arrow Volleyball Camps. I have done the camps for 3 years and loved it each time. I helped the kids with drills and learning basic movements in volleyball. Multiple times I was in charge of a team of kids to play against a different teams. I showed them how to do simple plays and how to different techniques. Each you the kids always have a great time because I and others make it fun for them. The camp last for three days and the kids get better and better as the days move on. I am very energetic and excited which makes the kids happy to be there and when they score a point! On the last day we all got to play some fun games and eat some ice cream; we also competed

One example of how I grew as an ESOL educator was through another professional development provided by another of the refugee resettlement agencies. The topic of the in-service was story telling, and letting the students using their stories as venues to not only develop their English proficiency, but for them to feel at ease when completing writing assignments. The story telling topic was interesting and gave me diverse ideas of ways I could incorporate the topic in my lessons. However, the best part of the training was when a former student of the school use his own life story to explain to us the diverse things he had done since he came to the country to now that he is a student in Georgia State University, while working in television/movies

In August of my freshman year, my mother signed me up for Volunteer Day at the Children’s Care Hospital (CCH), a home for developmentally disabled children. My job for the day was to mentor a person who was then a complete stranger, but who would later go on to become one of my closest friends. The moment I left CCH that day I knew I would be coming back. This experience provided my first insight into what service can truly mean, and from that day forward I could not envision a future where I was not a volunteer.