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Why I Want To Be A National Honor Society Essay

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I am very happy that the National Honor Society has chosen me to be a candidate. Throughout the summer I have completed a total of 18 hours of service. From ticket taking at the Marquette County Fair, cleaning at the Habitat for Humanity Restore, and making packets for the Negaunee Middle School. At each of these volunteering events I learned that it can be fun to volunteer.

Without volunteers some events would not happen, like the Model A Fall Color Ride. My grandpa was planning on going to that event, but it was canceled because of the lack of volunteers. In my opinion that never should happened, because people couldn’t get to something fun just because no one volunteered. The Marquette County Fair would not be able to run without volunteers the all people taking the tickets are volunteers. At the Habitat for Humanity Restore half the people there are volunteers. Habitat for Humanity Restore needs volunteers to help clean donated items, because without them they would never get cleaned and resold. While I was in …show more content…

I will help them by maintaining the great reputation of all National Honor Society students, by keeping a good attitude toward volunteering. By benefiting the National Honor Society, I will also be benefitting myself as well. I will benefit from being a member of the National Honor Society, because it will help expose me to different opportunities that I have never experienced before. Opportunities like volunteering at places that I have never been before, and meeting new people by helping them. The National Honor Society will also benefit me later in life, like applying to colleges. Colleges will look at my transcript and see my dedication to volunteering in the community and my work ethic, because I was in the National Honor Society. The National Honor Society will also benefit me because it will push me to do well in my academics to keep my GPA

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