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At this point in my life I feel that I have paid it forward in an effort to help others in need by working in student council, my church group, Upward Bound and many other organizations. I feel as though through these experiences I have not only helped others, but that I have learned from these experiences in a way that will prepare me for my future. With student council we go and volunteer in places in our community, this past December we volunteered at Salvation Army. While we were there we worked in the warehouse putting together the boxes for Christmas meals. After putting together over one thousand boxes we then sorted toys that were to go in the boxes for children in the area who would otherwise not have gifts for Christmas. Just recently we organized and put on a senior citizens banquet in our gym, we transformed the gym to have a Italian dinner. A lot of work went in to getting the food, drinks, and door prizes; we drove around the city of Neosho asking the businesses for donations of any kind. We came back that day with all the resources we needed to put together the banquet...

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