Reflection On 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.

This year I will be helping out at the primary again, and I will also volunteer to be a translator for the parents. The only difference being that I will actually be more one-to-one with a 2nd grader, helping learn her English. I was overjoyed when I was offered this opportunity, I couldn’t wait to get started. I also couldn’t wait to get started with a new project I started at school. The step forward that I took was that I started my own program at my school, the unique factor being that it’s a spanish based after school study table. The goal of the program is to help out the students who are having trouble in class because they don’t know as much English.

For the past number of years, I have taken part in volunteer activities on my own, and as a member of the National Honor Society. Multiple times through the past four years, I participated in children’s holiday parties at my church. My main tasks were assembling displays and games, and assisting children who wanted to play one. I have also fundraised for many charities concerning life-threatening illnesses such as cystic fibrosis, cancer, and diabetes. During my freshman year, I completed nearly 25 hours of community service at Julia Boyer Reinstein Library. Besides restocking library materials and cleaning up around the building, I also assisted many people who were looking for certain items or had general questions. People from all different demographics and age groups visited the library and had an abundant amount of needs that I helped fill. Later this

For many years, I have attended Saturday classes at the Chinese Heritage School of New Jersey. I enjoyed my time there, and after completing all the available Cantonese courses, I wanted to give back by volunteering. I now volunteer at

Throughout high school I participated in numerous volunteer opportunities. I had the opportunity to be my high school's basketball team manager my junior year of high school. As the lady blazers manager I was in charge of attending games, practices, recording fouls and games, as well as organizing the food for the players after their games. However, I also devoted my time to things other than sports. I also volunteered every year at my school's registration for new student. My school, IDEA Quest, places a lot of emphasis on new student registration because new students are given an opportunity to preview their life at IDEA. Therefore as a volunteer of the new student registration I would speak at the student panel about my experience as an

In this group, we volunteer around the city of Atwater when and where needed. It ranges from helping deliver food to the needy, collecting toys for children, or volunteering at Castle Kid’s Day. Being a part of this group and the part of the community has opened a door to a whole new world. A world that makes me feel useful and valuable, and that shows that anyone and everyone can make a difference in their community. I have also been a part of few clubs at school: Key Club, Community Counts Club, and California Scholarship Federation. Additionally, I am part of this years Academic Decathlon team, an arduous but lively class and event. I was able to do all of this because I am an English Learner. If I had not learned English, and learned it well, I do not believe I would be where I am today. Learning English paved the way for a plethora of opportunities. It allowed me to communicate with more people and therefore be more involved. Spanish and English are both fascinating languages that have been integral parts of my life, and I could not be more content for their positive contribution in my

After discharging from the Navy I have worked in various areas but mostly in Community Work supporting those with youth and young adults who have mental health issues directly and various administration duties . I would like to proof read articles connected to The Young Diggers In the past I have performed similar role when I assisted in proof reading and copy editing while working in community organisations . The areas I focused on were ensuring that there was no punctuation or grammatical errors i.e. typos , the correct use of terminology or if there was missing phrases. I also assisted in checking the writing style and most importantly the overall readability of the articles . Interested in assisting in other areas if there is any need

As the subject of my Community project, I have chosen my classroom volunteer work from Foundations 2100 because though it was not an opportunity I specifically chose to go out of my way to go to, it provides me with an insight as to how there might be different cultures in the different communities I experience in different aspects of my life and by practice, it helps me to apply what I have learned in this class so far into such situations. For the past three Thursdays, I have volunteered in an English Language Learners Biology Assistance Classroom at Highline High School for my classroom volunteer work and have thus spent six hours so far assisting in as well as observing. The particular

I often participate in outdoor clean-ups at my high school; help set up local Craft Fairs; and volunteer in community events such as the Cherry Creek Fitness Festival, the Botanic Gardens Pumpkin Patch, and the Parade of Lights. I chose to participate in these service events because contributing to the community and volunteering your time is a fun way to meet new people and try new things while giving back to the community, In addition to the service events, I also served as a math teacher’s assistant for one semester. I participated in this because not only was it a great learning opportunity, I was also able to help and give back to the teacher that once educated me. In the Summer of 2016, I volunteered in a three-week program that allowed me to help prepare Japanese exchange students for their year long program to study in America. During these three weeks, we helped teach the Japanese students about American school life such as classes, lunch, homecoming, school events, and clubs. We also taught them vocabulary and terms they may not know, such as slang or sophisticated vocabulary. I participated in this because meeting foreign students and being able to teach and befriend them was an amazing opportunity. It was a learning experience where I was able to learn how to instruct others, learn about another culture, compare how American culture compares with Japanese culture, and I met friends whom I will never

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For the Service Learning, I would like to volunteer on campus. There is a program called Conversation Partner Program (CPP) that is held every Wednesday each week and is about helping new students from different countries to improve their English as a second language by having a conversation with them. I think this type of volunteer is important because it covers a lot of different topics about diversity. One particular topic that I had in mind is to discuss about diversity in food. Through this program, I hope that I can learn about different food from different countries and also hoping that I can find out the common food that each of these students had on the behalf of Case

This paper is a book report of Benedict Anderson’s famous book Imagined community: Reflection on the Origin and spread of Nationalism. It was published by Verso in 1983 and had revisions in 1991 and 2006 with some additional chapters and it became one of the most read books on nationalism. Anderson explains that the concept of nationalism is a very new but a powerful concept, which has been neglected by many important thinkers. Nationalism according to him is connecting bound among the people of a nation, which creates an imagined community. People do not know each other personally but they share a nation, which makes them tied to each other. When it comes to the reason of why it is emerging in the modern times, he explains that the main underlying reason behind the growth of the imagined communities is the rise of the movements against the monarchs and the development of the capitalism, which mainly started in Europe with the industrial revolution. I will expand

When you tutor or volunteer you are doing a service for your community and for yourself.

I truly believe that before we can even begin to work with youth, you must first ask yourself, “Why do you want to work with youth? When I ask myself this question, I find my answer to be rooted in “love” and “compassion”. Without a doubt, I work with youth because I genuinely care about their overall well-being. Whether it is regarding self-awareness, self-development, identity safety, academic support, or meeting basic needs, my work with youth always has and always will come from a place of love. For me, love and compassion are two key values that guide my practice because in every moment, program, or situation that I engage in with youth, I always strive to come from a place of love in order to best support and understand them. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley embodies Engagement and Impact which is one reason why I became so interested in the program and believe it to be a great fit for me. Through this program, I hope to learn the skills needed to build an overall school culture that starts with impact through engagement with the leaders of the future. My goal is to root our schools through compassion and engagement in the community so we can send youth a new and welcoming message where students feel validated, empowered, and connected to our multi-cultural community of the Rio Grande Valley.

During my time interning under the Security personnel of Niagara County Community College, I enjoyed my experience and found some things shocking about the job and the college itself. Throughout my internship I worked with many different people, with their own way of doing things. There were some who followed policy strictly, some who followed policy albeit less strictly, some who interacted with the community regularly, and some who hardly ever spoke to the community. I noticed that time and location is most likely the explanation for this. At the dorms Security does not often get involved in the life of the residents. There are few people who walk the halls of the dorms, and without a reason such as drug use or responding to a fire alarm the dorm security has no reason to enter a resident's room. At the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute, Security plays an active role in community policing, the environment is highly populated yet tame. This means that the NFCI Security does not need to focus on responding to problems and instead focus their time on getting to know the people who work and visit the campus, which helps keep a comfortable and welcoming environment. Over at the main campus, Security seems the most involved. There are frequent requests brought to Security ranging from unlocking a room, to helping a student jump start their car. In addition to these requests, Security also takes a more active role in making sure the campus is secured. Rounds are made