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Personal Narrative: A Camp That Changed My Life

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As a seventh grader I attended a three day overnight event known as June Jam. Little did I know this camp would help me to discover my passion and change my life. This camp introduced me to drug and alcohol abuse prevention. I left this camp inspired to make a change. I joined high school STOP as a freshman and I immediately started to get involved. It was to this group that I first presented my plan for a Drinking and Driving Mock Crash. I first saw a presentation of a mock crash at June Jam and instantly knew that someday I wanted to create my own. My goal was to be able to share with the students at my school the feelings that I experienced when I first saw the mock crash presentation. After a lot of hard work and planning, the mock crash was performed in front of the Syracuse students and left them in tears. This led to me leading the planning for a high risk behavior assembly event the next year that had the same effect. I loved the thrill of …show more content…

I have become a dedicated member to a lot of different activities and have held an officer position in each since sophomore year. Through these groups I have, completed multiple different community service projects including out of state service trips, planned a childhood cancer awareness night, and even started a National Honor Society Relay for Life team. I have become dedicated to learning more about high risk behavior prevention and finding new ways to give back to my community and beyond. I am proud of the work I have done for these groups and the people that I have met and helped while in a leadership position. I have developed my leadership skills and learned so much about myself as a person. Everything that I have learned has helped me to stay determined to continue working for the cause. I can’t wait to continue developing myself as a leader and finding new ways to make a

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