The Importance Of Volunteer Service

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom. I’m writing this essay to talk to you about what heroes do. Because I believe that our heroes are important and that they deserve the recognition that they do deserve. Some of our heroes are the army, firefighters, police officers, ambulance, and much more. I’m going to list 3 reasons why heroes are important. The following points are: Heroes risk their lives, they don’t care about the fame, and they never give up. One of the reasons why heroes are so important is that they risk their lives for us. Heros do this because they care about the people that need help. They do it because they care about us. Some heroes try to help us get through things like drugs and

volunteering is a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task. In this report i will talk about the different types of volunteering in the:

Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.”Elizabeth Andrew. Darla Gaskill uses what ever time she has to work with youth in our community. She is a caring person with a huge heart. Based on her commitment to volunteering, Darla Gaskill is a hero.

Hero’s are all around us, some live next door, some are at the coffee shop drinking their coffee. The thing about a hero is that they don’t advertise it, they just do great things. I wonder if the person who lives next door to Shara Fisler knows that she is a hero to many. This is her story and why she is a hero.

Secondly, public safety personnel. Are the hero’s? This includes fire fighter, rescue medic and police officers. The best example of all three of these public personnel, I would have to say, would have to been the event that took place on September 11, 2001. It was a clear Tuesday morning around 8:45 a.m. when two plain hit the World Trade Center in New York City. Instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds while the tower crumbed to the ground. While millions fled from the scene, millions watched the events unfolding. The hero’s in this story are the ones that ran to the tower, the rescue the ones that were trapped and help the injured.

What does a hero look like? Do they wear a cape with a big “S” on their chest? Could it just be you…or maybe even me? Kristel Meadows is a mom and the last person you would think would be a hero. Last Tuesday night, after hearing about a group of firefighters from Garland, TX that had been wearing the same muddy clothes for days, Kristel broke Katy’s mandatory 10:00 curfew to do their laundry. From her home in Katy, she drove over to where the

Either lending a hand to the community, or plotting against the enemy, these people are known as heroes; and they each have different characteristics. Alice is a sly individual, who obviously cares for her well-being. The heroes of today are selfless and are concerned about their community. There are certain “things” that make them unique or distinguishable from each other. The heroes of today, including Alice are the same in their abilities, yet different it their purposes, actions, and the support they receive.

Tom Hanks, a famous actor, once said, “A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.” This is true in Sue Morris’ life. Sue volunteers in the music program at West Delaware and the bowling team. She never knew what she was entering into when she walked into these activities, but she took the risk. Sue Morris, who has volunteered for many people, is truly a hero.

“Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support.” Kristi Yamaguchi was referring to her Always Dream Foundation that she founded after winning gold at the 1992 Olympics. Kristi Yamaguchi is a Olympic gold medalist. After fulfilling her dreams of being able to enjoy the Olympics she still wanted to help people. Kristi is a hero because she overcame her own obstacles and followed her dream of getting to enjoy competing at the Olympics and ended up winning a gold medal and helps children to do the same by giving them access to books.

Heroes are not always people who lead marches or do things for their country. For example policemen, firefighters, nurses, lifeguards etc. are heroes everyday because they take the time to save lives. When they’re going through a challenge or trying to overcome a conflict they always have courage. These people risk their own life to save someone else’s. To be more specific Dr. Ginger Holt from Dallas had saved a little boy’s leg. She was confident and determined to finding out what went wrong in the boy’s leg and went through many procedures looking at the tests.

When one sees the word selfless-service, he or she literally sees the words self and less, followed by service. Self refers to an individual (in this case, it refers to one’s own interests) and less indicates a lack of, or without. Service can be a synonym of the word volunteering or duty. Therefore, the term selfless service must literally mean the lack of the pursuit of one’s own interests for the betterment of others. There is no measurement of selfless service. No matter what the scenario or who is involved, everyone who is involved benefits from one’s selfless acts. The one who shows selflessness may benefit by receiving a “thank you,” or even just a good feeling of helping others. Of course, the ones who receive the selfless acts benefit from obvious reasons. Selfless-service can be shown by anyone and everyone, including a soldier putting his/her life on the line to save a fallen comrade, a husband and father protecting and spending time with his wife and children, someone donating his/her time by volunteering as a tutor or with the American Red Cross or some other goodwill charity, and the teamwork of two or more athletes. Those four examples provide different scales in which selfless-service can be displayed. Selfless-service can be displayed in regards to one’s nation/military, one’s family, one’s community, and any team sport.

Heroes innovate and change the way the world goes about its day to day life. Ordinary people can be heroes when they have enough perseverance to extraordinary deeds. Heroes are leaders who are caring, honorable, and brave. Heroes are people who put others’ needs before their own. These individuals sacrifice themselves for anyone. Oprah Winfrey is a hero to thousands of people across the world many being women and children.

Sometimes we are not there to help and rely on others to help- we trust them. And sometimes, we can’t help ourselves and need them. “A life not lived for others is not a life.” (Mother Teresa) Mother Teresa gave her life to helping others and that is what heros do. They know they cannot save everyone so they start with just one person however small that help may be and continue to the next person doing all they can.”Not all of us can do great things but we can do small things with great love.” (Mother Teresa) Heros can be of any shape size gender or color. a hero is not defined by their looks but by their actions, choices, and deeds. A hero does not need to save a hundred lives or even one, they are there to give not take, to love not hurt, heros are the people that make the world a much better place and don’t give up on anyone.Heros surround us every day- their works are not shown for all the world to see- they were only meant for that one person they helped and sometimes for that group of people and sometimes a few words to inspire the whole world person by

Everyday heroes are people that do little things to benefit other people or the community. We think that Mrs.Edmundson and Mrs.Hicks, the counselors at our school, are great examples of an everyday hero. Mrs.Edmundson created the Reach Team which is a program that allows kids in middle school the opportunity to Reach out to their community and interact with other people of varying ages. After Mrs.Edmundson created this amazing program Mrs.Hicks volunteered her time to help develop and make the Team better.

Nowadays, it is very difficult to get a job without a College Diploma. Our ever-increasing demands on student’s academic performances have insured well-educated adults, but what we have failed to focus on is the vital component of volunteerism as an integral part of rearing well-rounded adults. College students should be required to complete a year of community service/volunteer work before they can graduate, in order to create mature and caring adults and versatile future leaders. By mandating all College students across the United States of America to add another year to their studies and use this year for community service/volunteer work only, we will be able to increase their knowledge of community need, civic responsibility, and allow