Volunteering with the Eight Days of Hope organization has had a huge personal impact on my life. When I first decided that I would volunteer, I did not expect for it to leave such a huge impression on me as it did. My experience volunteering with Eight Days of Hope had not only changed my point of view on volunteering, it also taught me to be more courteous. While volunteering for the Eight Days of Hope organization in Tupelo, Mississippi, I was able to become more of a sociable person through my actions and my thoughts by associating and working with the other volunteers. An effect that I have received from volunteering at the Eight Days of Hope organization is that I learned how to be a more sociable person. Stated in an article based on …show more content…
In John Wilson’s article he states, “Quite apart from its integrative role, volunteering is a way of providing help to others, which can be a self-validating experience. It can also convince people they can make a difference in the world, and this feeling is known to buffer people from depression” (Wilson 18). This quote explains that volunteering affects everyone involved in positive ways. Volunteering has given me many personal self validating experiences that have helped me deal with sadness or other personal problems. Stated in an article written by Ann Medford, “The negative effect of stress on our mental health is well known. Volunteering can help reduce stress while increasing self esteem and satisfaction with life” (Medford 1). This quote explains that many people deal with problems of stress and how it positively affects people's mental health. While volunteering with Eight Days of Hope I was able to reduce my stress by gaining self esteem and gaining satisfaction through helping rebuild the tornado victim’s homes. After volunteering with the organization I gained my self esteem and was capable to block out depression, which allowed me to gain a positive outlook on life. As a result of volunteering for Eight Days of Hope my mental outlook on life was able to improve to a more positive approach, but I also was able to learn how important it is to be kind and help
There were three significant activities from my hours of volunteering that have dramatically influenced my perception of service. These include scheduling my hours of service, my orientation to the project, and my interaction with other volunteers. Not all of these experiences were positive.
The first time I started volunteering was last year and it changed my perspective towards a lot of things; from the way of looking at people to how my mind works. The impact it's had on my life has been immense and life changing. From there, I constantly tried getting myself involved in giving a hand and at the same time, to widen my knowledge.
President John Adams once said, "There are two kinds of education. One teaches you how to earn a living. The other teaches you how to live” (Adams). I agree with Mr. Adams and I think colleges should provide both types of education. Calling for students to complete community service hours will build the grounds on which they build the rest of their lives. However, many people don’t even give community service a chance. They say they’re too busy, it’s not for them, or simply choose not to do it. At my high school, we were required to complete thirty two hours of community service for graduation; many students came to love it.
volunteering is important in the public sector because it helps the public services save money other than the military as the military reservists get paid but it is still voluntary. I got all my information from the websites which are for the organisation. the benefits of volunteering are:
I learned about the importance of giving back at the age of 11yr old and putting the very important needs of others in front of my own. Volunteering in a homeless shelter at a young age opened my eyes. Where I was placed to give food, clothes, money & hygiene products to people in need. Where would I be right now without the help of God, my mother, family& friends and the church community”. Giving a helping hand to the people in the community is Something we should always do. In the ("bible Acts 20:35 says in everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the lord Jesus himself said: it is more blessed to give than to receive"). Having a compassionate heart for the community blesses the congregation.
I had to plan fun events, but also make them very inexpensive. This was an
As my father tells me “to acquire quality education and knowledge, you may even have to go to the moon!” Baylor Scott & White Medical Center of Irving is less than twenty minutes away from my house and provides an ideal location for me to volunteer. I have volunteered in a plethora of locations previously, including clinics, schools, and Masjids, but have yet to volunteer at a comprehensive location such as this medical center. I am deeply interested in volunteering here because of its proximity, my future career aspirations, and, most importantly, the opportunity to aid others. I have heard countless positive remarks about BSWMC-Irving from numerous persons, including school counselors, friends who have previously volunteered, and even plenty
Personal Final Individual Reflection Raina Sacro California State University, Stanislaus Abstract This paper will talk about Saint Mary’s Dining Room, an organization located in Stockton, CA that helps the needy with programs and services such as the dining room. It will go in detail about my initial expectations for volunteering here versus what really happened while I volunteered here for this organization. I will compare Saint Mary’s Dining Room to Saint Vincent de Paul Alameda County, an organization located in Oakland, CA, that specializes on helping the needy. There I will talk about how my time volunteering at the organization based in Oakland influenced my thinking on how my volunteer experience would be at Saint Mary’s.
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People’s lives are changed every day by their actions and experiences. This past summer, I participated in a community service project, an experience that opened my eyes in many ways. I was a volunteer at the County Memorial Hospital. In my time as a volunteer at the hospital, I was able to meet patients and staff members from all over the world and learn about their life experiences. Listening to all of their stories has made me truly appreciate everything which I have.
Volunteering enables an individual to make a positive impact on his or her community, while empowering the individual to better his or her life. This summer, I had the opportunity to volunteer at many diverse locations. From the hospital to the local library, I truly value my experience and treasure everything it has thought me. Volunteering lets us experience and learn things that we otherwise would not have learned; volunteering opens doors for us that we may not have been able to open before. Volunteering provides us with guidance and tolerance which we may use in the future to aid us in our decisions. At first glance, volunteering may seem to only benefit those who are helped, but on a deeper level, one can realize that volunteering benefits the volunteer as much as, if not more than, those who are helped. Not only does volunteering make a difference in one’s community, but it also helps the volunteer become a smarter, happier, friendlier and more caring individual.
Thousands of homeless animals are looking for forever homes in America. Volunteering is a great way to give to your community and socialize the animals at the shelters. Working with dogs and cats that have not had good starts in their lives helps them trust again. It helps animals get over the trauma they have had before they went to the shelter. Socializing makes the animal more adoptable and they are given a chance to get forever homes. Volunteer at your local humane society 's and help out the animals like I have worked with in shelters.
Volunteering benefits a person by building connections with peers, improving family life, expanding career skills, overcoming self doubt, having lasting life impressions, and creating new opportunities. Just a small act can make a huge difference in someone’s life. The future is dependent on the individual person and the people they surround themselves with. Just a few hours will change both the volunteer’s life and the one that is in need.
A reflection of my volunteering experience can be summarized in two words: Life-changing. It is hard to explain the feelings that occur when you involve yourself in selfless acts for your community, such as volunteering. There is a feeling in your heart that you cannot ignore, maybe it is the happiness you feel or the overflow of emotions in helping others. In other words, it is a feeling in which you want to share with others. Maybe with a friend, maybe a classmate, maybe a family member, or maybe even a stranger. Either way, spreading how life-changing volunteering can be is a great start to making a positive change in your community by simply by involving others.
Specifically, volunteering can combat and help aid in the treatment of mental disorders. To emphasize, volunteering has been found to significantly lower levels of depression (Dietz et al.). When a person focuses on others it is easier to forget our own personal struggles and lower mental disorders. In addition, it creates a sense of purpose in the world. To demonstrate, the “social integration theory” or “role theory” provide an explanation that people involved in community service feel more life satisfaction and purpose (Dietz et al.). Having a sense of belonging and purpose helps overall psychological well being. Lastly, volunteering increases self-confidence. For instance, volunteering is attached to a “natural sense of accomplishment” (Segal and Robinson). Thus, volunteerism has a strong connection to an increase in confidence and self-discovery. Overall, volunteerism increases a person’s mental state of mind in many ways, but also