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.
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
Here I serve on a leadership team charged with not just the duties of being a role model for our Youth Group but also with assisting teachers, leading small groups, and making any new attendees feel welcome. The next of my many
Volunteering time at church and school have become a major part of what I do. The youth group I belong to at St. Thomas UCC collects items and put together hygiene bags for the YWCA. For school, I often volunteer to help with the bands, working in the kitchen for Indoor Drumline shows and helping to set up the Craft Show. I also assist my classmates if they request it. If a student is absent, I will take responsibility to send them notes they may have missed in class, and also what they homework is so they can attempt to do it.
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.
Through serving others, I have come to realize that every person, regardless of one’s cultural background, has something to offer to the community. As an immigrant, I was quite hesitant about accepting new challenges. The fear of others’ judgment regarding my performance hindered my progress. However, through serving others in various capacities, I was able to interact and help people in my community, who themselves helped me overcome my fears. Whether helping patients at St. John Providence or assisting refugees at the American Red Cross, I was amazed as to how much my presence made a difference, especially for those who needed me to interpret for them.
Each of us possesses our own way of positively affecting the world we live in and it is a necessity that we contribute in making it a better place. Whatever you can do….. Do it! “Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.” Chief Sitting Bull – Hunkpapa Lakota Holy
I always serve my community in any way possible. I am always a good leader for groups, sports, etc., I always welcome new ideas even if
I have had the unforgettable opportunity to personally raise $1,400 for kids to go to summer camp, whose families could not afford it otherwise. I have worked at food drives, homeless shelters, and kid’s programs in my town, in hopes to make someone’s day a little bit better and ultimately make my community stronger. These experiences shaped who I am today. While I cherish the experience I had making a difference in my own town, I am ready to grow and leave a positive impact somewhere else in the country.
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is ‘What are you doing for others?” This man devoted his entire life to bettering the lives of all people. This should be our legacy. We should be thinking on a global scale. In this age of technology and societal advancement it is extremely important to think farther than the confines of our own minds.
“Make a difference about something other than yourselves.” this is a quote that was written by Toni Morrison, and it is very true. Making a great difference is something that people can be very good at. Across the world, many people struggle with being selfish, and sometimes say “I won’t help them” or “I won’t do this.” If you are like that, you can’t make a difference.
That extra bag of food that you gave to the homeless man or the box of clothes that you donated to the shelter down the road makes a difference. Even just helping someone up if they fell down really empowers our community with positivity. We need work toward a better future now and become a closer community. There are so many reasons for people to be living the lives that they are. Their lives might not consist of sports cars, mansions, and the finest meat for every meal though.
As I sank my teeth into my Papa Rollo's pizza the head youth leader of our church group asked me if I was willing to dedicate myself into becoming a youth leader just like him. As I gulped down my pizza and whipped my greasy fingers I excitedly said yes. It has been three months since then and this youth leader oppritunity that I have accepted has become one of my greatest achievements. I say this because I have gained so much insights about myself but the few that stick out the most have to be that I now am compassionate, stressed, and more independent than before.
During the 2016-2017 school year, I participated in an educational leadership internship. Within this internship, I have been able to have many leadership experiences. Organizing bus evacuations and stepping in as acting testing coordinator are a few opportunities that I have lead. Organizing / conducting bus evacuations was a success.
The students did not understand how to carry themselves as leaders in school, work, and the community. I aimed to fill these gaps through the creation of the Blueprint Initiative. I mentored a group of young males teaching them how to be productive citizens in their community. I find joy in aiding the
