Trying to find a way to become more involved in my community outside of the university, I attended a pre-medical club meeting about volunteer opportunities my freshman year. My initial goal was to find something in a clinical setting. Many groups spoke about opportunities in hospice, patient transport in the nearest hospital, and after school education programs. Then The Listening Ear spoke about their organization, a crisis hotline center. While not the clinical setting I was looking for, I quickly realized the value this organization held for the community and how beneficial the skills I would gain working there would be for assisting future patients struggling with illness. Starting at The Listening Ear I thought I would just learn about
My nature to serve attracts me to the Houston Methodist Summer Teen Volunteer Program. My goals are to gain experience and knowledge about careers in medicine, and to give back to the community. I would like to learn a lot about how people live by the ways they get hurt or how they deal with being sick. It’s a good study of human behavior because you see people at their highest and lowest extremes of emotion. To further my goal of pursuing a career in medicine, it is important for me to get hands on experience of serving people and executing work in a responsible manner. When a person donates their time, they give hope to someone who needs it. I feel that I will be also benefited because I get to see how my contribution has made a difference.
I’d like to volunteer at John Muir Hospital, because not only that it looks good on your college applications. It would be beneficial to learn more about particular careers and be an opportunity to maintain or even develop existing skills.
I have been volunteering at the University of Maryland Medical Center since the summer of my freshman year. As a volunteer at the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit at the hospital, I am committed to provide excellence in service, work independently and efficiently, and exhibit patient interaction skills. Ever since I have started volunteering at the hospital, I have learned to become more patient and understanding toward the people who I interact with, and consequently, I have become a more sympathetic and compassionate person.
Volunteering at sharp hospital , is what is a good idea after hearing the things my friends including my cousin did at this program and i sounds really and something that really suits me because i have a passion for helping other.Since my future career plan is to become a RN, this program would very great way of starting.
During college I searched for different volunteer opportunities; however, it wasn’t until my second semester of college that I became involved with the non-profit organization, Reading Partners. This program was conveniently located near the
As Key Club President, a fourth-year blood drive coordinator, and a University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics volunteer, I witness community service’s influence and encourage high school students to serve
As Key Club President, a fourth-year blood drive coordinator, and a University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics volunteer, I witness community service’s influence and encourage high school students to serve
Within AMSA, I have had many amazing opportunities to volunteer in the Gainesville Community, to meet peers with similar interests, and to learn about the many great choices I have before me discerning medicine. Firstly, I volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House by cooking dinners and desserts for the people currently residing there. I also volunteered at the 352 Creates Art Festival with the Arts in medicine committee, where I conducted surveys about the people in attendance and stimulated people's interest
I want to pursue medicine for my future career and volunteering at Nebraska Medicine will expose me to the hospital environment. This exposure will help me gain better communication and social skills in the work place. More importantly, I find satisfaction in volunteering because it teaches me how to be more compassionate towards others and to appreciate life to the fullest. In addition, I find comfort in knowing that I make a positive, beneficial impact in peoples lives as well as in our community. For these reasons, I wish to become a volunteer at Nebraska Medicine.
There was no program that organized and created activities like the Volunteer Center does here. I await my next opportunity to take a trip with the Service Ambassadors, where I can make a big difference in only one day. My time spent at the Foster Care Fleece Blanket Project also felt like a meaningful contribution to the community, as the whole campus became more aware of homelessness. Previously, I had not put a lot of thought into foster children and their lives, but now I realize how emotionally stressful it must be to be moved from home to
I also have an extensive training in working with local agencies. The spring semester of my sophomore year, I began volunteering at the Cedar Valley Hospice for approximately 20 hours a month. I was trained in the following areas: Patient/Family, Grief, and Cedar AIDS Support System (CASS) services. Through my work at the CASS, I was responsible for making contacts with a variety of other agencies on the behalf of my clients, such as the Black Hawk County Health Department, Operation Threshold, and the Cedar Valley NAMES Project. In this capacity, I did office work, I was a buddy to an HIV positive individual, and I did face-to-face education panels in local school and community settings. I was also extensively involved in training future buddies. It was during this time period that I completed the American Red Cross course work for certification as an HIV/AIDS educator. In this capacity, I have been a guest speaker in several elementary school and college courses about HIV/AIDS. The
Taking time to volunteer at the many nonprofit organizations, homeless shelters, advocacy centers, philanthropic fundraisers, local schools and child care facilities in the inner city is not always at the forefront of young people’s minds while navigating through their college experiences. But, with a little push from student organizations, local nonprofits and passionate individuals, volunteerism and community change can start to take a front seat and become not just an opportunity, but also a priority in the lives of young people.
My sophomore year of high school, my town went through a major crisis. We had a HIV epidemic, and my little town that was so quiet ended up all over the news with all sorts of rumors spreading about us and about HIV. At a school assembly, we had a presentation to inform the student on what HIV is, the effects of having it, and what can cause the disease. It really inspired me and I wanted to do whatever I could to help. I did a little research online and came across an organization that not only helped people with HIV, but also donated to other organizations and places in need. I looked around on their website and found that they had a high school club version of their organization. I did so much research and found people who would be willing
Searching for a way to help others as my physicians did, I searched for service opportunities that would help my community. In my freshman year of college, I joined the volunteer organization Asian Pacific Health Corps (APHC) at UCLA. This student-run organization hosts health fairs every two months to promote healthy lifestyles among disadvantaged Asian and Pacific Islander communities nearby.
In my five years of active volunteer work with multiple non-profit organizations, I have seen firsthand the lack of attendance of my peers in times of great community need and support from its members. Although it has become more complicated to find time to give back to the community, with a full-time school and work schedule, there is always spare time to give back. The rapidly growing demand for volunteers in communities all across America is increasing and it is everyone’s duty, especially college students, to pay their dues to the