Through Girl Scouts, these young girls are taught normative norms of girlhood, a blueprint for being a “normal” girl. “Girl Scouting is for YOU and every girl, everywhere! Girl Scouts of today become [the] leaders of tomorrow. Lead the life you always imagined! In Girl Scouts, you get to choose your own adventure as you develop your leadership skills, earn badges, hike, camp, sell cookies, and much more.
The project allows the scout to have practice with difficult situations to give the young man experience in life lessons. My community-based project was
Since 1902, parents and volunteers have helped the 4-H program develop successful leaders, build young minds, and set the path for 4-Hers to take on the world. Volunteers and parents are a major reason for 4-H’s success in youth development. Volunteers and parents help make 4-H possible. Without 4-H volunteers and parents the program would not have the mentors, leaders, and guidance that the 4-H members need in order to learn the new skills that 4-H has to offer (“Positive Youth”). The 4-H Youth Development Program (YDP) strives to provide quality leadership for youth participating in 4-H Youth Development Programs, events, and activities.
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 volunteering, I realized successful leaders exhibit perseverance and are self-disciplined and that servant leadership is not a specific style or skill but rather, it is about (a leader’s) behavior and actions, that are adopted over the longer term. As a leader, it is important to understand the organizational mission, values and long-term vision, whether one is working for the organization or a volunteer of it, to effectively and whole-heartedly serve the organization. This experience showed me the areas in my leadership, where I can improve upon. I recognized the importance of listening to others and what a vital part it plays, in building strong and successful relationships. I also recognized, that I tend to want to nurture and care for others, and while that is important, it is also important to recognize when an individual may not welcome that and that is okay.
I chose this activity because of the passion I feel towards education and children, As a counselor my job started very early Wednesday morning where I boarded the bus with the kids from Glacier park elementary school. Right away I was eager to start talking with the kids and trying to get them involved with the different songs we sang on the bus. They were easy to talk to and very bright about the whole experience. Having my girls act so kind allowed me to recreate the entire experience for myself, to replace painful memories with joyful ones. I spent the three days guiding my girls around the camp, we had different classes to attend each day.
I would like to start off by saying some thank yous to those who made this day possible. To my parents for the much needed love and support To my family and friends and to the people who helped with my eagle project And thank you all for attending my court of honor Over the past 13 years, scouting has taught me a lot of things that will stay with me the rest of my life. It has taught me, don’t use gasoline to start a fire.
Reflecting back, Scouts didn’t groom me to become the thrill-seeking adrenaline junkie I envisioned at eight; instead, Troop 119 taught me to lead and serve. Having the role of a leader in the Boy Scouts helped me to become a man of integrity. Every decision, every action, every word is watched by a younger scout and an older scout, and every single one of these scouts looks to the troop leaders as role models. Just as I have done as a Scout, I will use my leadership and service to positively contribute to Honors Program at the University of Louisville. The Eagle
I felt like I had accomplished and did my job when I was
This may be a slightly unorthodox situation in which I demonstrated leadership; however, I feel that it is fairly applicable to the subject of this essay. A requirement to become an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America is to complete a service project that one devises and plans himself. For my Eagle Scout project, I landscaped and terraced a large plot of land for my church. This project took over two-hundred hours to completely, and a copious amount of assistance from members of my community. It was not easy.
My counselor group did not work well together, rather, we were completely disconnected. Two out of our five counselors were deemed “campers with more power” by our directors, and one week, our “chief” left on a missions trip. That week was fraught with challenges. In short, the two “powerful campers” didn’t do their delegated jobs properly and it was difficult to make progress. We had to have a meeting with the camp directors in the middle of the week.
Because the camp lasts only a few days and due to increasing numbers of attendees, it’s hard to visit one on one. Despite this, I have made many new friends. I’ve also gained experience working with children and have learned everyone is unique and has different challenges. One special incident was becoming great friends with a 6-year-old girl named Avery; we made friendship bracelets together. Before I knew it, we were making bracelets for all the children at the camp.
My life has been full of many opportunities to participate in things that I love and these opportunities have taught me fabulous lessons. Through my persistent hard work in the Clark high school marching band I have been very fortunate to learn important lessons about positivity, service and respect. Being in my high school’s marching band has drastically changed my life for the better. I would not have made it through all the curve-balls that school has thrown at me had it not been for the marching band, which taught me to find the positive in any and every situation. Working out and making countless mistakes in the scorching Texas heat does not seem like the ideal place to learn about positivity, however that is exactly what it is.
At Camp Kern I learned some pretty important things about myself and others. What I learned about myself and how I communicate is that when I communicate in a group, it's usually to bring up a new idea or to maybe lead the group and help them out. Some people I learned more about where Kaycee and Emily in my morning group, and Katie in my second group. What I learned about Emily is that she usually comes up with where to go and what to do, like how to solve a problem. I learned that Kaycee is more of a follower type of person.
Three experiences have helped shape me into the person I am today. I am an overachiever, defensive, an active reader, and I want to help people be free and happy. Ultimately, they have all led to the same outcome, my desire to become a lawyer. In the fourth grade, we--Latinas and Latinos-- were prohibited from speaking Spanish at school because our school believed that it would be offensive to the non Spanish speakers.
