Growing up in a lower-middle class home, I have learned to be modest and frugal. I have also learned that nothing comes free and that everything must be earned through determination and hard work. So when I joined the Cub Scouts at age 7, I was determined to excel and achieve the highest rank in scouting, Eagle Scout. Since then, I have been intent on changing things for the better in everything I participated in. Ergo, having a lifetime goal to give back to the Earth, whether it be directly by studying chemistry to help the Earth or indirectly by donating some of my time and money back into the science field to help fund future developments of technology, seems best for the world.
During the past few years, I have had many volunteer and leadership opportunities both in and outside of school. Truth be told, I’ve never been the most outgoing person, but many of these opportunities have helped me to step outside my comfort zone, and take leadership various situations. Through my volunteering experiences, I’ve learned many lessons. I believe that going to Archbishop MacDonald high school will continue to push me outside my comfort zone and become a great leader in my community.
The transition from childhood to adulthood occurs when an individual is able to recognize the impact he or she can leave upon their community, gaining life skills doing so. An accomplishment that marked my transition from childhood to adulthood, would be best demonstrated by the process and completion of a leadership responsibility when I performed my Eagle Scout Project. I joined the scouting program when I was very young, and have been very active since ever. Becoming an Eagle Scout has many challenges that a young Boy Scout must undertake, including the completion of a community-based project, which is an important step in obtaining this notable rank. The Eagle Scout Project is designed for the scout to learn different leadership responsibilities.
There was a time when I can help student understand the concept better during school and it help them get their grades better. These leadership help me impact a positive change to not just me but to people who wanted
This experience made me realize that I impact and I am a role model in so many children's lives and I try to live my life in a positive manner knowing that there are others people watching me like them. Some other ways that I use my athletic leadership as a platform in my civic involvement is in football we can volunteer at places like Hills and Dales or in track we have a service day when we go out to the other Holy Family schools and do yard work/ helps clean around the
By volunteering at my local church and helping with local service projects, I have realized the commitment and perseverance it takes to lead by example. At my local church I continue to help with the organization of my youth group. After speaking at church staff meetings for several months we made it our goal to improve the youth group by ensuring that children and teens of all ages were included and had an opportunity to participate. I was able to create a system where teens who attended high school were paired with a middle school individual of the church. This provided a sense of inclusiveness and made the youth group more enjoyable for everyone.
Throughout high school I have experienced opportunities and challenges that have prepared me to serve my community of Prince George. I have been able to give back to my community through the Boy Scouts of America. Part of the Scout Oath is “to help other people at all times”. The scouting program is truly involved with living up to this promise. During the entire program, scouts are required to perform community service.
I gave back to my scouting community by taking the place of the older scouts and help lead the troop, guiding the younger scouts on their journeys to Eagle in the same manner as the older scout did with me. I also learned about the importance of volunteer work. I volunteer at the public library, and would help out in the afterschool “Math Lab”, tutoring students struggling with understanding what they were learning in their math classes. To this end, I live by the Boy Scout slogan: “do a good turn
I spent two years working on the Professional Development Conference at Salem College. My experience running the conference expanded on my interpersonal skills, organizational skills, and the knowledge I gained as a business administration major. I had to recruit and inspire a diverse group made up of staff, faculty, students, community leaders, vendors, and professionals in various fields. I needed to be efficient to accomplish my goals as a leader. I am driven to excel.
For as long as I can remember, I have taken pride in helping others. As I entered kindergarten, I was introduced to scouting and never looked back. By the time I finished middle school, I had completed hundreds of community service hours with my Boy Scouts troop - scouting for food, flag retirement ceremonies, serving as honor guard in community events, preparing care packages for deployed members of the military, and providing labor to complete Eagle Scout’s community service projects. I fondly remember making Christmas cards, which we delivered to nursing home residents while giving our best rendition of Silent Night. As a high school scout, I participate in increasingly more responsible service projects providing over 100 hours of community
The Boy Scouts of America teaching youth loyalty, kindness, being trustworthy, cheerful, brave, and clean since 1910. Watching the youth in my pack has inspired me so much and made me a better person. Watching so many children and young adults grill from working hand-in-hand with each other. Showing the world every day that innocent young children can impact the world in a positive manner if they are taught to do so. Being in a military pack in the city of Las Vegas melting pot of many cultures we must learn to live with each other.
The first assignment I held as a volunteer was working with special needs children in the day program that was ran at the children’s hospital. The day camp allowed for children with down syndrome, multiple sclerosis, children who were deaf children and many other special needs children a place to go while parents were at work. Many day cares do not have spaces for children with special needs. So this type of day program was a great benefit to the community. I was nervous at first for the unknown.
In the first year, I was a part of a pioneering youth development team in Americorps NCCC Southwest Region. I worked with K-12 students in title one schools, Boys & Girls Clubs, Habitat for Humanity, local non-profit organizations, The Red Cross and The Salvation Army. I spent my second year working with underserved youth as a volunteer coordinator for Reading Partners in DC. I learned about the struggles that the students I worked with dealt with every day. I was also able to interact with parents and provide resources for education, housing, food, and nutrition.
From yearly earth day park clean-ups, bottle drives for community projects, fundraising to rebuild habitat enclosures for parks, to a multitude of Eagle Projects. I take pride in these things because I know they benefited others beside myself. They 've helped my community, the people around me, people I 've never met, and many others. I would never have taken part in and/or organized them without the leadership experience I have had. As I said before, I 've always had a natural want to lead and to add to that, I 've always had a natural want to help.
Despite the many community service opportunities available, it was hard to find one that really resonated with me. Originally, I wanted to volunteer with the Inderkum Jr. Tiger (IJT) football program.
