Since a young age, I have loved being involved in my community and helping others. Whether it was sitting next to the new girl at lunch or serving turkey dinner to those in need on Thanksgiving Day, nothing seemed too small or too big. I was in the fourth grade when I really became immersed into community service. I had recently found out that, at the time, one of every eight children was food insecure. That meant in my class of 32 students, 4 of my friends were going to bed hungry! With the help of the community, I brought PB&J Week into schools and grocery stores in my area, to collect peanut butter and jelly for the hungry kids in my community. In the first year alone, over 3,000 jars of peanut butter and jelly were collected and donated to love food banks. After that, I was hooked and participate in any and every way I could to help better my community!
For the most part, everyone was very supportive; everyone except my “best friend.” Let’s call her Ella. Ella and I had been best friends literally since the day we were born (our mother’s were good friends). When we were younger, we got along great! However, as we grew up, Ella and her mother were tried to hold me back and tear me down in whatever ways possible. Ella was a great singer, much better than I was, but she wanted to be better than me in everything. Everything I branched out to participate in, Ella came along and she and her mother would love to make it own that Ella was going to become famous doing it because she was so great. Activities are had participated in since I was 3, Ella would come along and try to steal from me. I was being “me,” but Ella was trying to be “her” and “me” at the same time. But there were some things Ella could just walk right into, so th...
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...-to-girl meanness, whether she was the victim, victimizer, or bystander.
I know first hand the effects of girl-to-girl meanness. I don’t want any other girl to ever go through what I did. With Snotty is Naughty, I want to end girl-to-girl meanness once and for all. I was blessed enough to be able to overcome my “mean girl” and turn all that negative into something positive for Snotty is Naughty, but not every girl is that fortunate. Through it all, I was able to stay true to myself, while my victimizer was trying to be MY best self. But each girl is uniquely created. We each have strengths and we each have weaknesses. Nobody is perfect, so we may as well embrace our quirks and focus on our strengths and bettering our weaknesses, because that is all we really can do. We are each beautiful in our own, unique way. Once we realize that, we can all be our best selves.
I am dedicated to helping out our community and school, because it warms my heart and soul. Seneca said in about 40 to 60 A.D. that you should “be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favors you have received.” In other words you should not boast about the numerous projects you have accomplished and how much physical work you executed, but rather pride yourself on how you helped people in community and school, and how you have affected their lives with positive means. I feel life is joyous and it should be the feeling everyone illustrates, and this is exactly what keeps me functioning in the stressful world today. I find comfort in helping others to make their lives a little more like heaven and this comfort motivates me to perform copious service projects to the best of my capability whenever I find the time. Time is fair to the rich, the poor, and to every race, because time is equal and gives everyone 24 hours daily to accomplish their required tasks. Because time is so valuable and I am occupied by difficult advanced placement and honor classes and juggle school, clubs, sports, and friends, I joined Key Club, a high school division of the adult service club, Kiwanis. Key Club opened new doors to make every extra minute count towards helping others.
Volunteering as food server at the ICNA Soup Kitchen has greatly changed my life. Basically what I did was package lunches into boxes, serve them, and clean tables. I love making a difference in my community, which is the main reason I have chosen to pursue a career as a physician. When I was serving the food to the needy, it greatly boosted my self-esteem as a person. I love representing my religion, Islam, and my race, African-American, in front of the world.
Since I was in the first grade, I have been a part of the Girl Scouts, which has caused me to make a positive difference in my community. Participating in Girl Scouts has enabled me to engage in many fundraisers and charity events. While I was a part of scouting every year around Christmas time my troop and I would set up an event feeding the homeless at a local church. Serving and talking to different men and women caused me to reflect on my life and made me realize that I should be more grateful for what I have. My life is not as hard as others, and it is nice to give back to those who deserve
I have participated in various community service projects; for example one in which as a class
My responsibilities during my community service were as followed: I go to the synagogue Montreal Torah Center down my street. They have a group for teens my age called Cteens. It is a group where lots of teens my age come and do something different each time to help the community. This year my friend Anabelle and I got invited to participate. Considering it is a Jewish synagogue, we sometimes base what we do on the holidays. To me, community service is simply helping out your community or city. I always thought that ‘hey, what will one basket make a difference to a child’ but one time I actually went to deliver the basket to whom I made it for. The smile on the child’s face showed me that one basket does actually make a difference and...
I started volunteering nine years ago. Once a week for two years, my mother, my sister, and I volunteered at an organization that helps the unprivileged. When I entered high school I started volunteering for credits. But it wasn’t until five months ago that I realized the impact of volunteerism. It took me eight years and seven months.
Being involved in many community organizations, I have assisted people from all walks of life.. For example, one week I volunteered at a senior bingo night at a retirement home facility, and the next week, I wrote letters to our troops. The National Honor Society has also given me the opportunity to give back to my own school. Last year, our organization did a gardening project in my school's courtyard revitalizing the landscape
My first desire to contribute started in fourth grade. I helped beautify an Oakland neighborhood park, so underserved children could have a nice place to play. Since then, I have continued to participate in various park cleanups in order to create a better environment for children.
I went out to collect cans for the food shelter, I helped out at the bowling special olympics, and in December I volunteered to help set up a 5k races Autism, and the thing I took out of my volunteering experiences so far is that everyone has a story and to take the time to listen to others and connect with the world around you. In my experiences you can learn more serving people for an hour than you can learn in a week of classes. My only regret in my freshman year of college is that I didn’t figure out this sooner than I did.
When deciding what to do or be in life, a person will think of many things: what college will I attend, what job will I have, how much money will I make? An important question to succeeding in life is usually left out of these thoughts. That question is “how will I get there?” To truly be a distinguished young woman, I not only need goals but also an idea of how I will achieve them. Throughout my time in the Distinguished Young Women program, I have realized the importance of five major qualities I will need to reach my goals: being healthy, involved, studious, ambitious, and responsible. I firmly believe if a person utilizes these characteristics, she will be successful; and with success she will become the person she is meant to be: her best self.
I started volunteering at the food bank and the soup kitchen in grade 9, with a nudge from my friend. During my time as a volunteer, I would ask for donations and collect any non-perishable food items. Later I would go to the Soup Kitchen, to help cook some of these items and serve them to those in need. My volunteering experience allowed me to experience the environment and face situations that I otherwise would not. It opened my eyes to the harsh reality and lifestyle that many individuals in our society face today. My time at the food bank and Soup Kitchen helped me understand the importance of giving, ...
Despite many obstacles in my life, my experience performing community service stands out as the most memorable. I was sixteen at the time, and just beginning my first job at a fast food restaurant. I had to learn how to balance between community service in the morning and my employment at the local Wendy’s. It was very stressful and influential at the same time.
One way I give back to my community is by helping my church. I attended Saint Germaine religious education from third to eighth grade. When I made my confirmation I knew that I wanted to go back next year and be an aid. When
“To whom much is given, much is expected.” This quote exemplifies my own personal philosophy on community service. Service is the greatest gift one can return to their community. When an individual takes their personal time and effort to help others in need, it helps progress not only the community they live in, but multiple communities ; ultimately promoting unity and teamwork. People gather together to work towards a common goal: building the people and organizations they are directly and indirectly affected by so that the next generation will be stronger than the previous one. Community service is but is not limited to monetary and material donations, housing reinforcement, neighborhood clean ups. It is as simple as holding a toy drive for
I used to hate community service. I only did it if it was a requirement for graduation or for a program. Even when I did community service, I still waited until the very last opportunity to do it. When I heard the words community service, all I could picture is cleaning Philadelphia parks or streets that were filled with trash in either the cold or heat. My mind always went to that space because that 's what my first few encounters with community service consisted of. My high school always had us cleaning something; one time we re-landscaped the parking lot of a homeless shelter. Another time, we cleaned up the weeds out of the loading docks of the non-profit food bank Philabundance. One time my mom made me volunteer