Persuasive Essay On Community Service

A wise man name H. Jackson Brown Jr. once said “remember that the people that are the happiest are not those getting more, but those giving more.” Such immortal words could not have been more accurate in describing the fulfillment that is obtained from helping others, especially through volunteering. Volunteering/ community service, is the best way to give a helping hand to improve our community. The last couple years there are two main different types of volunteering that I have participated in, the first, and the one that I have spent the most time on, is volunteering during the summers at the Westland Area Public Library, and the other, and the most recent one is being an assistant/helper in an Art I class during my study hall this year. Upon participating in such benevolent actions, I was able to acquire memorable experiences that I will carry with me into my future. Volunteering has enabled me to become

Volunteering was also a way for me to give back to the community. Through volunteering I was able to really appreciate what people did for one another, no matter how small the action may have seemed. For instance, translating something for a non English speaker, and at one point having been in those shoes, at the library helped me understand that sometimes a helping hand is all one needs. It is hard to ask for help when you do not know how to, but it is very easy to lend that hand even without the person verbally asking. The Westland Area Public Library never asked me to volunteer in the first place, Mrs. Mulhern never asked me to devote my time, but I found that doing so by my own free will was all that invitation I needed. The aid I was able to give was enough for me, even if there is never any reward for my actions, I never asked for something back in the first place. Volunteering allowed for me to give back to the community that I had grown up with and loved for so