My time in JROTC has been one of the better things that I have done. JROTC has shown me that I need to make sure I have been on my best behavior. JROTC has shown me that I need to make sure that I have honor, Integrity and Respect. Not only for others but also for myself and the leaders of this fair country in which I live. JROTC has shown me that there are many life skills that I will learn as I continue on with my career within the military.
People form and change based on the events that they experience within their lives. How people react to these experiences is what creates a person’s personality and individuality. The most formative experiences I have had was my involvement with JROTC. JROTC taught me how to be a leader and improved my social skills so that I could become the man I am today. My transition into the man I am today started when I entered high school.
The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, JROTC, was established over a years ago. With the purpose to install core value into high school and middle school students. These values would be to developed citizenship and patriotism, responsiveness to authority, improving communication, developing team building skills and basic military skills. The JROTC program was first created by the National defense act of 1916. The act was passed by President Wilson.
We spent three days building houses for a village that was nestled in along a hillside. I forget how long it took to get there but I believe it was no more than a two hour drive. We split up into five groups, each group built a house. My group was made of seven, two from my church (including myself) four from Michigan, and a native Guatemalan who worker for Paradise Bound.
National Junior Honor Society is the start of everything. This group helps set me up for my years to come. Being in the NJHS it helps me get into the one in high school, which looks really good one college applications. Having national junior honor society for both middle school and high school would give me a better chance to get into a college I really want to get into. I’ve always wanted to be someone who could help or make a change in this world, instead of just trying to get through life easy.
For this service project assignment I was able to help volunteer for my nephew 's soccer league. It’s a small league that is based in Farmersville. As a volunteer I was able to work at their concession stand as well as helping out the teams with items that they needed. I gained a new sense of volunteering because not only do I rarely volunteer I forgot what a good feeling it is at the end of the day to know you 're helping out these kids. I started off by volunteering Sunday mornings since that is when all of the games took place.
“ Motivate young people to become better citizens”, a motto I have stood by for the past four years of my life. This program has helped shape me into the great citizen I am today. I used to think volunteering was a punishment for disobeying the law. I soon realized that volunteering is for everyone. JROTC has also helped me improve on my public speaking, that is something that was a very rough task for me I would break myself apart with anxiety and panic.
I have had the honor of dedicating much of my time and devotion to the many volunteer opportunities in a variety of venues. Working for the local soup kitchen as a cook and server for 3 years, can definitely humble a person. Setting up and assisting in the churches, Festivals and fundraisers as well as their school nursery program. Working in the capacity of repairing and cleaning forest trails in Central New York State Parks and Warren Island, Maine. Of course, my time spent being a Boy Scout for several years, only just touched on the experience I would later bear.
In order to be confirmed at my church there is a required amount of service hours. Church leaders plan two or three Wednesday night service events so that we could get some of the hours done. It is a nice way to get out of the church to go and help people in the community. Service is done all voluntarily so that no one feels forced to go out and do it. One place in particular that I love going back to is Feed My Starving Children (FMSC).
While being an active member of Key Club since 2014, I have volunteered at various places while completing over 75 volunteering hours. One of the most memorable places as a Key Club volunteer was Christians United Outreach Center (CUOC). People who lack sufficient income to pay for food come and it is our job to provide them with food from the pantry. Volunteering for CUOC allowed me to be open-minded and helped me find my love for helping others. I 've volunteered there approximately from December 20-Jan 6 from 9-3, completing over 12 hours.
My next hour of service I did for the school. The school had planned on someone coming to do the scoreboard for the Junior High games. As I was walking through the gym, it turned out the person had not shown up. I volunteered to keep score for the games. I worked the A-team girls volleyball games.
I personally did really worthy deeds. From openhanded to the less fortunate. To feed the homeless. But the most I have ever done was helping out the evacuees during a natural disaster. Hurricane Mathew had hit Augusta hard.
When I help out at the wrestling tournaments I did the scoring When I never did that before I never even knew how it was scored and I was afraid that I wasn 't doing it right. When I did the concession stand I loved it because I could make food. When I donated blood during the blood drive never even thought about doing that so I never knew what to expect so it was fascinating. Overall of my civic engagement experiences had one thing in common it brought joy and happiness to mine and everyone 's faces.
I once volunteered at a soup kitchen. I helped out to give food and drinks to the homeless people of Kuala Lumpur. As I was giving out the food to the homeless, I could see how their eyes just lit up. Few days later, I was having lunch at a restaurant and an old man approached me. He just stood there waiting for something to happen.
Another example is cleaning horse stalls at equestrian farms. This was super fun because we were helping an organization that uses horse to connect with individuals with disabilities. Moreover, I have sorted clothes at goodwill, cleaned and sorted food pantry and I know many more opportunities are yet to
