We Serve HHS Respond Reflection

I am a member of my high school’s student council, Girl Scouts, and also the chaplain of my school’s drama club.

If given the opportunity to create my own student club organization at UC, it would be a club based on community service. I have been a member of several service based organizations in high school such as the Interact Club and National Honor Society and enjoy helping those in need. Edmund Burke wrote one of my favorite quotes saying “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do little”. This was the theme for the mission trip that a group of my Foreign Language Club members and I took the summer before my senior year. We spent eight days in the Dominican Republic and completed a house for a family of four to live in. The skills that I have learned over the years of helping those in need would guide me to give

After going on the PSU Abington website and looking at the variety of organizations/clubs available, I am truly astounded at the amount of options available for students to join seeing as this is only my second semester at PSU Abington. When looking though the groups on the PSU Abington website, there was one group that stood out to me more than other groups which is the organization called SHE CLUB. I use the word astounded due to the fact that I wasn’t expecting to see that kind of forward-thinking organization that is provided at PSU Abington but I couldn’t be happier that the organization exists. In addition, for some reason I did not expect PSU Abington to have such a vast amount of student organization due to the overall size of the campus but this has made me feel more comfortable and welcomed as a student now at PSU Abington. As a result, I am most defiantly going to start getting more into PSU Abington student organizations now.

I am involved in 4H. I’m second year president of the Howard Center Stars 4H Club. I stared 4H over six years as way to advance my artistic skills and to help the community. Now as club president, I am directly involved with planning our club community projects. In the past year I have organized and participated in two club community projects; making malts for Cresco’s 150th town celebration and a canned food drive for the local food pantry. It’s a wonderful feeling to be able to give back to your community and encourage others to do the same as well. I also use my position as president to help and encourage younger members to participate in several 4H activities and to develop their interests through project areas. I have developed my interest

When I reflect on the reason I decided to take a career in Human Services more than 20 years ago. I have to remember it was because of the mission and values of most agencies. Most Human Services strive to improve the quality of life for the population they are serving. However, there are agencies with missions to improve the quality of life but therefore reality is to improve their banking accounts. Although, salary and benefits are vital. They are not most important and will not have the most influences in my decision to work for an organization.

Freshman year of high school I joined the Environmental Club. It started out with just five members who would do the school's recycling. With over 2,500 student and faculty members at my school, it was like doing the recycling for a small community. While recycling is great, our club wanted to make a larger impact in our town. We have since started volunteering at the local watershed to educate kids on important environmental issues, created no-idling campaigns, hosted multiple environmentally friendly concerts, and are working on getting solar panels put on the schools in our district. The Environmental Club now has over 25 active members. Through the growth of Environmental Club, I realized many students are interested in protecting our environment,

Each year, our club participates in annual events sponsored by our Pilot and/or Anchor Clubs. For example, every Halloween, a canned food drive event is held, sponsored by the Anchors. Our club members, in collaboration with Putnam Christian Outreach, play a major role in the success of the annual food drive. I also participate in numerous other annual events, such as Project Linus, the Dairy Festival, anti-bullying week, a shopping spree at the nursing home, and Christmas events for our district’s special education program. I have also played a key role in multiple fundraising events, particularly the Ferst Foundation community yard sale, but also in planning and executing bake sales, dress down days,

Where else can you find a tennis player, student government secretary, DECA chapter president, computer programmers, UNICEF member, and a photographer? That’s right – room 3180 every Monday after school. Together they make SADD Club, or Students Against Destructive Decisions. Despite our differences, we share a common goal: guide teens to make positive decisions and resist substance abuse, violence, and negative peer pressure. We’ve conducted multiple campaigns throughout the school, such as Stand Up Week, in which we campaigned against bullying. We also held Red Ribbon Week, a week where we consult with students to end drug and alcohol use.

Since I was born, I have grown up in a home where serving is a key virtue to live by. So as I budding freshman, I was excited to join the service clubs at my high school. However, when I saw the clubs my school offered, I was surprised to find out that there were not any service clubs for me to participate in. As a girl with a passion, I realized something needed to be done. So I gathered some friends and we decided to start a service club at our school. One of my friends suggested that we charter a Key Club, an international high school service club that she had at her past high school.

Hofstra University appeals to me in many ways. I see myself joining many clubs that will support my love of history and politics. These clubs include Common Sense Actions, Economics Association, Hofstra History Club, Hofstra University Model United Nations, Democrats of Hofstra University, and Zarb Asian Pacific Students Association. However, when I reviewed your list of clubs I didn't find any board game clubs, which surprised me out because I believe that board games can be a great outlet for community builders and leaders wanting to organize events within the campus. I can see myself organizing a board game club to bring people together. In addition, to your clubs, I’m fond of your amazing array of on-campus eateries of Au Bon Pain, Sbarro, Subway, Starbucks, and Peet’s Coffee. Coming from Napa, the farm to table food

When I first arrived to Simpson, the campus had an organization fair where all the clubs on campus were available for students to explore. I went to the fair and signed up for four clubs: Rotaract, Pre-Health Society, Breast Cancer Awareness Club and Campus Activity Board Club. I was involved in many athletics and clubs throughout high school and plan to be very involved in clubs here at Simpson. I’m anxious to begin these clubs over the next four years. The first club meeting I attended was CAB, which is short for Campus Activities Board, and so far, it seems to be a perfect fit for me.

I was the secretary of the bible club my junior year and I am currently the vice president. Generation Next is a faith-based club and our mission is to tell the students of North Miami Beach Senior High School about Jesus. The diversity in Generation Next caused us to be involved in many activities around the school. Bible club gave socks, towels, food, clothes to the less advantageous, participated in a Christmas shoebox toy drive, and helped any student in need. We believe in supporting one another by building a strong relationship that will lead us all to success. Moreover, in the three years of attending GEMS (Girls Educated and Motivated for Success), an all-girls club, we assist our community by helping other young ladies, conducting and volunteering at other cancer walks, picking up trash and painting the school, like SHAPE. We are GEMS sisters, together we build self-confidence and motivate each other to make a difference. SHAPE focuses on cleaning and keeping the environment healthy. We serve the environment by picking up trash, rebuilding schools, and volunteering at walks such as “March for Babies”. Generation Next, GEMS and SHAPE give me the opportunity to bear fruits while I

Diversity is important in any community, club, city, and organization. Having a diverse set of skills and backgrounds all working together for a common cause can lead to unimaginable results. Florida State Service Scholars is no exception. I actually believe in a service oriented organization it is even more important for this diversity so that the group can relate to any and all who it crosses paths with. Growing up I never was the same as most children my age. Instead of going to a conventional Public or Private school, my parents chose to homeschool me. Homeschooling has given me the opportunity to experience a whole different upbringing than the average college student. Spending most of your day at home with your family can seem draining,

As secretary, I was given the task to troubleshoot the lack of participation and share the results with the rest of the cabinet; after analyzing the information, we decided to better promote our group by emailing students and distributing flyers to advertise our upcoming events. We also decided to conduct fundraisers more frequently in order to excite the rest of the high schoolers. Therefore, by applying these tactics, the ASB planned to resonate its purpose throughout the school and attract passionate high schoolers to contribute, despite foreseen numerous disagreements to be encountered along the way. We were so close to unification.

The organization I completed my placement at was the Saint Benedict Link Crew. Link Crew is an in-school club or group that is committed to making a difference within our school community. One of the biggest challenges we face in high school is transitioning from elementary school to grade nine, for many kids the changes are very distressing. Link Crew aims to make this transition more comfortable for all students. We recognize how difficult the time is for the student in our Saint Benedict's community and we do whatever is within our power to give comfort and positive thoughts and feelings to these students. Link Crew accomplishes this through multiple events lead by the Link Crew leaders throughout the school year. Our most common event is