The Importance Of Volunteering At The Hinds Hospice

Some of the activities I was involved in include: Jump Rope for Heart, concession stands for sports, and tutoring for middle school students. My favorite volunteer experience was Little Hoopers. Little Hoopers is a basketball program at my school that teaches children from kindergarten to third grade about basic basketball skills. It took place during basketball season on Saturday mornings. My job was to correct any skills the kids were doing incorrectly, like passing the ball or shooting it. I also had to be sure the kids didn’t misbehave and give them advice if they ever discouraged themselves. I truly enjoyed seeing the children’s faces as they made a basket or accomplished a skill they’ve been trying incredibly hard to achieve. Their smiling faces put a smile on my face.

My two main volunteer experiences consist of: Outdoor School, and volunteering for Homework Club at Gordon Russell Middle School. I have only been able to go to Outdoor School twice, but both times were filled with accomplishments. I worked on plants field study, so learning all the information, which seemed overwhelming at first, and then being

An unforgettable experience I’m grateful for participating in was volunteering at Hospice. What most people aren’t aware of is that Hospice isn’t just a place surrounded by death and despair, it’s more than that, you’re providing comfort to patients to reduce their suffering and enhancing their quality of life.

I volunteered at an organization that dedicated all their time to raising money for supplies to send to troops overseas. The name of the organization is HeroBox. Volunteering there taught me the amazing things that can happen when a community comes together. The founder has helped many troops and made life a little bit more bearable. He, the founder, showed me that if you want to help someone, it’s not impossible. The small things that we take for granted every day are not so easily accessible for troops overseas. One really learns to cherish everyday things. The whole experience was quite transformative.

One volunteering venture in particular was at a homeless shelter. We donated clothes, shoes, and toiletries and things of that nature, but the experience went beyond our giving of things. Although it was only for a day, I was actually able to spend quality time with a small group of girls, some of which shared very intimate details with me. For a group of children who were quite familiar with being judged by their circumstance, appearance, or quite often felt less than, I was able to embrace them wholeheartedly without

I have volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, getting to paint the house that they already built. Another volunteer activity I have done is with the Arc of Buffalo County by assisting in their Honey Sunday fundraiser by going door to door and selling honey. We also have certain fundraisers and volunteer events that we do within our sorority. One of these events is Sisters for Soldiers. Sisters for Soldiers is a night where we pack boxes of small necessities and candies and send them overseas to soldiers. Part of this event is volunteering to sit outside of grocery stores and asking for donations as well as recruiting members from the community to come and help with our event. Another one of our fundraisers is our Strike Out Arthritis Dodgeball Tournament that we put together every year. Each year we host a dodgeball tournament to raise funds for the Arthritis Foundation. We go around campus and the community to ask students and community members to participate in the event by either making a team or buying raffle tickets. All proceeds go to the Arthritis Foundation and without the support of all the Alpha Omicron Pi chapters in the United States the Arthritis Foundation would not have the funds available to be able to continue

I, personally, have volunteered at several different places throughout my life. My family and I have volunteered at the Snake River Animal Shelter and the Idaho Falls Animal Shelter. We walked dogs occasionally and also worked to socialize a litter of puppies who were not used to humans. Those are both important because walking the dogs improves their

I currently volunteer in a local hospital that serves the Dallas metroplex. The hospital is downtown in a lower economic level of the city. They cater to rural and urban individuals throughout the area and city. It was the first hospital to obtain a patient with the Ebola virus, and many of the patients that enter the hospital are in lower economic social classes. I love working with these individuals who are grateful for assistance throughout the hospital. I also volunteer with Habitat for Humanity which builds homes for those in rural areas throughout the metroplex. This is a very rewarding experience and I gain insight on how to build homes. I've worked in the emergency department as a scribe and gained insight on many medical specialities.

So, on my first day there I imagined that I was going to read to kids, do fun crafts, and have a grand ole time. But, what really happened was that I got stuck in the back organizing books, and doing all of the boring stuff that no one wanted to do. It was, kinda fun at first but then it just became

One of the activities that I have done is volunteering. I've volunteered at St. Vincint de Paul by helping them get gifts and collecting food cans for people in need during Christmas time and for the pantry. We also helped out when the church had a festivel this includes enteraining the kids, giving out food, and face painting. I have also volunteered at the Samaritan Women Shelter. In the Samaritan I helped them organize the clothes and sort out donations that people would

My most rewarding volunteer experience was the time I operated a game booth during my church's annual fair. I remember the day as if it were yesterday; it was

Throughout my high school years I have volunteered at the Recreation Center and at Valley Animal Haven. I really enjoyed volunteering at the Mother-Daughter-Tea-Party, an event held by the Recreation Center. This event was held a few days before Mother's Day and the theme was Disney Princesses and it had a fashion show. It was a wonderful day for the mothers to spend time with their little girls. What I did before the event even started was make the food, the tea, and decorate the stage and all the tables. When the place was all decorated, it looked wonderful. When the guests arrived, we greeted them and told the little girls how pretty they looked. When the guests were all seated, we started to serve the tea. To me that was the most difficult

One of the most impactful community service opportunities I had the chance to experience, was at the Turkey Noodle Dinner. This is a fundraiser hosted by our school to raise funds for the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). I have worked at this event for

My time at the Red Cross I learned a lot, and I made a difference in the community. My job at the Red Cross blood drive was that I was a blood ambassador. A blood ambassador is someone who checks the blood donors in, and make sure that after they come out of giving blood they do not look odd. I was volunteering at a blood drive at Black Mountain, North Carolina Fire Station from 10:30 to 4:00 o’clock. I was usually on my own for the most of the time, but for the first half of my shift their was another volunteer. She was there for half the time, but half way through because they did not need her. Some of the Red Cross staff members came to check in on how I was doing from time to time. My service for the Red Cross was very helpful because I

Over the summer I was trying to decide what senior project I wanted to do. One of my friends then suggested that we should volunteer at an assisted living center where we knew that that we could show up at any time to volunteer. I knew I wanted to volunteer for my senior project and saw this as an opportunity to learn how to take care of our older generation because my grandma moved in with my family a couple of years ago.