Volunteering Essay

I believe strongly in getting involved in and giving back to my community. I try to connect my passion for learning with my desire to help others. Consequently, I am involved in several volunteer activities. One way I give back is by volunteering at the Science Museum of Minnesota. As a volunteer at the Science Museum, I have the opportunity to meet and interact with people of all ages and perform various experiments with them. Additionally, I am involved in my local food shelf, where I have…

but not too skinny. Amelia has the soft voice that couldn’t scare anything, not even a mouse. She was smiling from ear to ear when she came running up the steps to her house and said, “Hi mom, tomorrow I am volunteering at Pap’s Puppy Wash!” “That’s great honey! Are you only volunteering there one day?” “Nope, it’s a three week volunteer rotation. I am so beyond excited, I get to work with puppies every single day!” exclaimed…

of medical service is needed in impoverished countries, especially in central and south american countries. I plan on minoring in Spanish so if I were to volunteer abroad I wouldn’t be facing a language barrier. I have developed an interest in volunteering abroad after a mission trip to Nicaragua and I would like to continue to volunteer and travel. This desire makes the idea of gaining medical experience abroad attractive to me. I would be pandering to my self-interest while gaining important…

hospitals, and healthcare related activities have truly been wonderful learning opportunities. For my Theory in Action Paper, I therefore decided to explore how informal learning was related to my personal experiences with volunteering at the hospital. I have been volunteering at the St. Mary’s Hospital Emergency Department for just over two years and have accumulated nearly 200 volunteer hours. My experiences at the hospital have provided me with the initial exposure to our…

As a senior in high school, Sumaiya Sathar is a high achieving student interested in the sciences, especially chemistry and biology. A student at Redmond High School and a Running start student at Bellevue College, Sumaiya has taken advanced classes in Biology and Physics along with college and university level courses in Marketing, Computer Science, Chemistry, Mathematics and Health. Sumaiya is also a member of the BC Helping Hands Club, Muslim Students Association at Bellevue College and the…

Summer is an extensive amount of time to do as much as one could desire. This summer I decided to utilize my time volunteering at the preschool that I once attended. I’ve always gotten along with children harmoniously, so the volunteering job was a perfect match. Typically my job included taking care of the kids, which is not surprisingly hectic, but little did I know how much of an impact I had on these children. Many of them would come to me for advice; though sometimes trivial and at times…

acquire the tools necessary to help youth grow in their everyday lives as well as their faith. After college, I plan to join the Peace Corps and spend time volunteering in a developing country to better the living conditions and education of those less fortunate. Currently, I enjoy teaching middle school aged kids on Sunday mornings as well as volunteering with the other youth and children's programs at my church to obtain a head start on reaching my goals of helping others. Through my church, I…

Civilizations Act of 1857 and the Gradual Enfranchisement of 1869 which also aimed towards taking away differences between settlers and Aboriginals through assimilation. At first, enfranchisement was meant to be done through volunteering, however, with only one person volunteering to do so, the government started to unilaterally enfranchise First Nations people. In 1867, with the creation of the Indian Act the Gradual Civilizations Act of 1857 and the Gradual Enfranchisement of 1869 were added…

translation errors in explanation boards of historic sites with professors and sent the results to the community public institutions. One of the greatest contributions is that organizing and planning volunteering club for teaching English. I cooperated with the department dean to establish the volunteering club. We collaborated with few community public institutions to teach English to children who were not able to learn because of financial or family…

Currently, I am a junior at Indiana State University with a 3.9 GPA. I expect to uphold this GPA while continuing to be the secretary for PRSSA. With the experience, I gain from both the classroom and PRSSA I hope to become a public relations practitioner for either an individual or a company. With my participation in the Honors College, I expect to gain more hands-on experience with my professors. While I have taken a number of classes that have challenged me, I hope to enroll in courses that…