Valley Food Bank Reflection

My first year in the society, I stayed in the background, meaning I just went to the meetings and the community service opportunities. After a year of doing this, I decided that it was not enough. In my junior year of high school, I wanted to do more with my experience. I ran for presidency of my school chapter, and I was elected the first time around. With this authority I started a special community service project, peer tutoring. This idea was accepted and was soon brought to the student body and adopted into the school

* With the statistics presented earlier on the percentage of families that are hungry but still have homes, it really touched me in the way that a hungry person could be someone that I know or care about.

In high school I have learned the true meaning of being selfless and what the gift of giving is. I have spent much of my high school career volunteering at school and in the community. Many students spend their years of high school partying and hanging out with their friends, but I have dedicated myself to staying after school every day to volunteer and help the Athletic Trainer at the High School, as well as being a part of our schools community service group, Youth Core, as an officer.

When I became a junior I started to become very active in my local community. This experience can be credited to Key club (a community service organization) Key club has connected me with the community in a way I never knew.

Service in the school and community is an insight to your character and work ethic. I have over 20 hours of community service from many different experiences. Last summer I worked for Camp Barakel, a summer camp, in the kitchen. I assisted in serving food and cleaning. I learned discipline and teamwork through this valuable experience. Not only this I’ve worked with the Elderly in Rehabilitation centers and the patience and nurturing qualities is something that will forever be valuable in my life. Last but not least working as Big Sister or Buddy to a 4th grade girl has given me the chance to positively impact and influence her life as simply as having a friend is immense. All of these service opportunities as added to my character and prepared me for the responsibilities of

I knew what helping the community looked like especially since I had to do community service to graduate high school. Most of my community service house came from going on a mission trip with my church to a different state. When on this trip we would build a church for a week, but the people that went on this trip were all people that I knew. The only people I didn’t know were the people that we would stay with. Since I have been on these trips since I was about eight, I have been able to take on more responsibilities and become more of a leader on the job site to the younger kids. This has transitioned over to my sports and classroom here at Bridgewater. I have been able to become a better leader both on and off the field in sports and also to organize study sessions for

I have volunteered our local chart choose around my neighborhood that have partnered up with the Houston food Bank . Once a month on a Saturday the Houston food Bank sends a truck full of food and the church distributes the food to people in need around the neighborhood. I along with others would work behind the scenes and package all the food into a box and prepare for it to be distributed. Volunteering for this cause was super fulfilling. Regardless the hot weather I would wear again I knew that it was going to such a good cause. Just imagining a family who would otherwise struggle to have a meal to eat would now have a whole feast f have a whole feast ready on their table for their families.

Sherri Anderson once said, “Volunteers don't get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they're priceless. I have been involved towards my community for years and will continue to do so. I attend community service events once or twice a month to help an organization, animal shelter or center. I have contributed the community with 100 hours of my time to help others. Recently, I volunteered at the North Texas Food Bank, a top-ranked nonprofit relief organization. Thanks to this organization and volunteers, it has provided with more than 170,000 meals each day. During the summer, I helped shuck over 3,000 pounds of corn, which was estimated to help feed 2,000 people in my community. That following week, I spend some time on the weekend

I was taking an online journalism class 362, and an assignment was to pick a non-profit organization and write a biography of its chief executive officer. We were provided a list of various non-profits on web-campus, after reviewing the list I choose Girl Scouts, since I spent many years growing up as a girl scout. Instructor Espin indicated that this would be a very difficult non-profit, to look at a local non-profit. After reviewing the list again I then choose Three Square Food Bank, located in North Las Vegas. Instructor Espin thought this too might be difficult however; I had to get going so I stuck with Three Square.

This week at the internship, GVAHEC project manager asked us to develop a project regarding wellness education by the request of St Mary’s food bank. Remember that St Mary’s food bank is a nonprofit organization that provides food assistance for low income people. They collect the leftover food from food company, such as Safeway, Starbucks, Fry’s, and others. I think that was a good idea to collect the leftover food from food producers instead of damping them, while some people were dying of starvation. According to the St Mary’s food bank request, some of people who come to the food bank for food do not have personal car. They walk or take bus as their form of transportation; however, we are living in Phoenix and we all know how hot it is, especially in

On August 4, 2015, Vivian Cu and I chose to volunteer at the Second Harvest Food Bank located on 700 Edwards Ave. in New Orleans. Our Tuesday morning of service started at 9AM and ended around 11:30AM. In preparation for my first time at Second Harvest, I wore comfortable clothes that were easy to move around in and that were possible to get dirty in. The man in charge of all volunteer services, Vince, quickly gave me my duty for the day. There is a huge case of canned goods and my job was to put as many canned goods as possible on a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt would carry these cans to many aisles where other volunteers would put them into smaller boxes that had to weigh from fifteen to thirty pounds. After packaging these boxes, Second

Galveston County Food Bank’s main objective is to receive, warehouse and distribute nutritional food through collaborative partnerships with churches, schools, charitable organizations and social service agencies providing direct services to low income residents. The Food Bank is requesting $120,000 in United Way support for its Agency Services program, which incorporates food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, senior living facilities and other participating agencies. Providing the agencies access to nutritious food at low or no costs allows them to dedicate their resources in providing their clients with services that will lead to better health and self-sufficiency.

I had the privilege to go and talk to the CEO of MANNA FoodBank. I left school at lunch and we drove to the MANNA headquarters. We walked in and there were about 25 people. The CEO, Hannah Randall, got up in the front and started talking about the secrets of hunger. She told us “hunger is hard to point out.” We watched a short clip of a kid, someone who looks like any other kid at a public school. But this kid had a mom who made minimum wage and she had to steal to get food on the table. You may pass someone on the street and just walk by with no thought that they may be hungry. Next the CEO gave us a chart of what a minimum wage full time job pays and what everyday costs are. The everyday cost trumped the monthly pay $524 more. This is a big

Many people in our country go hungry every single day. Impoverished neighborhoods are often hit the hardest, especially during an economic downturn. The Community Food Bank in Fresno, California attempts to solve this problem by offering several outreach programs which the community can take advantage of. This nonprofit is a key provider of the daily nourishment needed by many in the local community. However, increasing demand and internal issues have created a situation in which the nonprofit is underperforming. Culture, communication, stress, and constant demand have all played a part in disrupting the day-to-day operations. By identifying the key areas of need, we can offer practical solutions the nonprofit can use to feed

The summer after freshman year, I went on a journey that completely changed my life forever and opened a whole new door to my life. My four weeks in Grenada, Nicaragua, put me in situations that not many freshmen get to experience at home. During this experience, I was able to do lots of community service, visit students at their school, play games with kids, and of course, study Spanish.