Volunteer Analysis

Volunteering in a community is not an easy endeavor. Most people would assume it’s easy, but depending on the place, the type of work, and resources available, volunteering could become a full-time job. With that being said it is one of the most life changing and rewarding projects you can take on. I’m aware of this because I have been raised with firm moral guidelines of the importance of helping others. Since my you my mother and father has been an example of this. My dad helps with the homeless, teaches Sunday school, helps at the food bank, gives rides to and from doctor appointment without being paid. My mother is a nurse at a healthcare facility that is mostly elderly people. I grew up seeing little old people that didn’t have anyone to care about them and the importance that another person can make in someone’s life. I guess volunteering is in my blood.

Volunteering to me didn’t seem very pleasing at first. My focus was simply getting the hours I needed to make my resume look good. However, my perspective changed when I began getting involved with the various activities of the community. I enjoyed helping and serving others, seeing the positive impact I made gave me a great satisfaction. Thankfully, I have volunteered in many areas, however there are a few organizations in which I have invested more time and effort.

I currently do not volunteer at a particular place regularly, but volunteer at various places as much as I can and have accumulated over 250 hours while in high school. By volunteering, students get an opportunity to serve the community and provide help to those who need it, yet not expecting anything in return. For me, I have learned the value of hard work, especially when it makes other peoples’ lives better while volunteering.

As I got older, I was able to take advantage of more volunteer opportunities, because some of the elderly women from my church invited me to help. I would occasionally aid the adults in watch over the younger children in the nursery during service, which turned into me being a Sunday school teaching assistant when I was a teen. I loved working with children and being of service to others.

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.

I also volunteer throughout my community and with different organizations to give back to my community; I volunteered over three-hundred hours during my four years of high school. I have no preference on what the service opportunities or events are, whom I am volunteering with, and my tasks as a volunteer. I assisted in the

While I may not have completed much community service, I act out of genuine passion and self-interest rather than anything else. I see little reason to volunteer for a group or cause I have no interest in. However, I do enjoy helping others in subjects I quite enjoy like computer science and programming. The Harrington Park School STEM Camp gave me an opportunity to teach elementary school children about programming, an opportunity I would take again and will take again this winter. Tutoring volunteer work under the

I was raised in a church, and although I am not religious, I found many great opportunities to volunteer through my church. I loved serving people and volunteering for as many service projects as I could, and this really changed my perspectives for the better and opened my eyes. When I got older I was able to decide for myself if I wanted to attend church or not, and I decided to get involved with the philanthropy side of my church and other churches in my area. We cleaned up roadsides and had multiple canned food drives, but I really enjoyed going into the city and passing out food and goods while getting to talk to people.

Volunteering is good for the mind, body, and soul. For some of us, it is hard to find the time. Becoming creative and doing what you deem a little can be BIG for another. Dr. Martin Luther King said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent questions is “What are you doing for others?”

Being able to jump into action to help another without hesitation and remain calm in a stressful situation are strong life skills and what I believe makes a good volunteer. Volunteer by definition is “a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.” I really enjoy spending my free time volunteering on the Valley United Way Youth Leadership Program. It is through volunteering and giving back to the community which has helped to shape my perspective of what is most important in life … helping others. At the same time, I believe my efforts have made a positive impact and I’ve had a chance to grow individually and bond with likeminded

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

When I was going into my freshman year of highschool, I attended a mission trip with my youth group at church to Bell county, Kentucky. Before I took this trip I did not involve myself in volunteering and religion because I did not see the value and desire in it. I felt that being involved in a community and doing work to help others , I was making personal gains. Helping two families repair their house from store damages not only made me realize how much I had compared to them, but presented the importance of what I was doing for them. They were unable to repair, repaint, and clean because they had already had so much on their plate with their family, job, and other commitments. The help that I gave began to open my eyes to the positive outcomes of volunteering.

Few things bring me the amount of happiness that volunteering gives me. It gives you opportunity to help others, feel meaning in your life, and create relationships with people that can last a lifetime. When I was young, I did not feel that my family was some gift from heaven doing God-like works; it is just a thing that we did. I share that ideology today. By volunteering, I am not a hero or an immaculate person, it is just a thing that I do. I do it because I feel that it is my obligation to do so and I enjoy doing

Over the past four years, I have volunteered in the community to assist many target areas. The Salvation Army was among one of the first location I volunteered as an undergraduate. I was given the opportunity of helping and assisting the thrift shop. I was asked to find and sort through undamaged coats, shoes, and novelties to give back in to the community. Assisting the Salvation Army was a rewarding and interactive experience that pushed me into the homeless population. I was able to provide one on one help with people unable to purchase a coat for the winter condition.

When I think about volunteering I think about how good it is to be apart of something, so exciting and so great! Volunteering is a great way to get yourself out there and get known for works of service and positivity, along with just doing a good deed!