Reflection Paper On Volunteering

During my time volunteering at Wilmington Health and Rehab and The Woods at Holly Tree, I learned a lot from the experience by talking with the residents and observing. To be honest I was quite nervous when I started to volunteer. Although I’ve been to elder center before because of my grandmother, great grandmother, and volunteering with my church but, I was never around a big group of elder people I didn’t know. After my first day of volunteering I felt a lot more comfortable and it felt rewarding knowing I was able to help make their day. In this essay I will be discussing my experience, any myths or stereotypes that were presented, several theories, and any diversity I observed.

My head coach on my travel team told me he has only seen 2 player with major potential in his coaching career and that I was on of them. This taught me that I should keep playing lacrosse because I love playing it and with the potential my coach says I have I should keep playing. If i play lacrosse throughout high school,

The experience of coaching impacted me majorly, and helped to build my character to what it is today. This service project was not only extremely important to the community, it was also extremely important to me personally because I was able to express this love with young girls that were aspiring to follow my in footsteps. The pressure of having young girls look up to me in every aspect of life such as, cheerleading, academics, and character, added to the accountability of building my character to one that is desirable. Because I knew so many young girls were looking up to me, I made sure that I set the example that my five year old self once looked up

I am very involved in volunteer work because working to make a better world is very dear to my heart. I was the Senior Class Representative of my high school service club and my job was to organize a lot of events. I was heavily involved in the committee for our Mini Dance Blue Marathon, and loved dancing the night away for the kids. I loved working with kids and helping to shape them so I have volunteered at day camps such as Winshape Camp Foundation and Camp Can-I-Go for a few years.

For my service learning hours, I decided to assistant coach at Four Corners Charter Upper School. When I took on this task, being tremendously excited to work with the girls there and give back to this school. My role consisted of being the assistant coach to my sister Amanda Ramirez, helping her to guide and train the girls to learn the sport of lacrosse. Having experience in coaching high school girl’s lacrosse, I came in with drills and strategies to be the most effective assistant coach. The girls that decided to come out for the team haven’t ever heard of the sport, which became a good thing for coaching, giving us the upper hand for coaching and teaching the sport to the girls.

I volunteered at the Hinds Hospice because I thought It would be a fairly fun place to do community service. I worked doing a variety of things such as organizing movies, cleaning off the books, vacuuming, and sweeping the front of the store and the parking lot. My supervisor for this was Ariana, the owner of the store. The hospice sells recycled items and donates the money to charities in the community. I also helped people find what they needed at times, but it was rare and also kinda frustrating that It didn't happen often.

My volunteer experiences taught me that I value the physician-patient relationship of primary care medicine. Although volunteering in the E.D. showed me the excitement of emergency medicine, I found myself wondering about the follow-up care for the patients. Through other volunteering opportunities, I discovered that people of all ages and mental capabilities, including those with dementia or special needs children can build relationships when treated as equals and enjoy being listened to. Finally, my five years at the C.A.R.E. Clinic taught me the importance of adequate medical care for all community members. Together, my volunteer experiences influenced my life goals of becoming a rural primary physician who has the ability to serve and build long-term relationships with all patients. (798)

In Lacrosse I’ve been playing JV since I was a sophomore. Its a physical sport involving a lot of teamwork. We often need to keep the younger players up to speed and learn the game quickly so the upperclassman involve and teach them as much as possible. Its not easy sometimes but we always have fun. In addition to all this, I am the Captain of the Bass Fishing Team. Its a recognized IHSA sport that has many schools in Illinois competing against each other. You might say fishing is easy all you do is throw a bobber in and wait for a bite. Well thats not the case from my experience. To compete at all you need to know what lures to throw in different conditions. Depending on water depth, water clarity, high or low pressure, water temperature, and wind you may need to throw different lures to optimize the chances of getting that bite. My leadership role within this is to help teach my knowledge of the sport on to the team to help them in the future. From what knot to tie to how to run a boat I have done it all. My high school career has been hectic to say the least trying to juggle all the different activities I do, but the end result is me

The United States, as some can say, is a country known to be a hand in help. Although, they are a help by choice not mandatorly. In the United States there is a great amount of volunteers for many volunteering programs. The amount of volunteers increase through the years for different causes. There are volunteers for schools, churches, sport clubs, and even more. Not only do Americans volunteer but also make donations. Americans do this sincerely from heart, not because it's a law.

On my volunteer day, I was doing a ride along with a police officer of the Salt River Police Department. Riding along with a police officer was a very good learning experience indeed. The officer, while staying cautious and being aware of his surroundings was a very pleasant and professional person. He was very educational, sharing their visions of the police department and that they are committed to deliver quality police service to the people. Crimes are reduced and public safety enhancement is what they strive to achieve for the community.

The volunteer spirit, in essence, is a feeling of pride that I have for having the opportunity to attend the University of Tennessee. It means embracing the traditions, the history, and especially the color orange. The volunteer spirit is the pride that you see at every football game in all the students, alumni, and other fans that are yelling Rocky Top as loud as they can. It is the sense of wonder you can see in the students expanding their horizons and working to learn so that they can make their mark on the world and improve it. The volunteer spirit is something that is different for everyone. It is a different experience for every student; however, it stems from one thing, a love for the University of Tennessee. The volunteer spirit

1. Looking back over the times you have volunteered at BIC , what did you find most surprising? Describe it in some detail. Why were you surprised?

During high school I was one of the leaders of our high school volunteering organization. I have volunteered NTFB, Texas Discovery Garden, Angel Tree for the salvation army, Race for the cure, YMCA turkey Trot, Blood Drive of 2014, the Balloon Festival, and the MLK convention. I was also the founder and the leader of the middle eastern club. I was a member of our high school student council and a member in LULAC. I was also the treasure in our high school’s choir. I worked at my high school’s admissions and testing center. I also volunteered at the GO center which helps the students apply for scholarships and FAFSA/TAFSA paper work. All of this community work has made me understand what is the meaning of giving back to the society and helping

As a student at La Salle University, I volunteer in several community service opportunities. I volunteer for the Relay for Life event at La Salle where we raise up to $100,000 for cancer treatment and research. I also help painted an academic after school center in Camden, NJ with other volunteers. This opportunity was personal for me as it was an opportunity to give a small bit back to a place a few of my friends went to when younger. Over last summer I worked at several school age day care centers to help kids learn and catch up in reading and math that they should be at their age. Being able to help people makes me feel a sense of fulfillment, as so many people have help me through life.

At global level, I will improve the lives of others and mine by providing the spirit of humanity and goodness to them to act like it. Develop weekly volunteering work that everyone should serve in it starting from their own needy people of relatives ,neighborhood , their city and community. Improvement the life begin from being cooperation and make good on the life of others.