Kyle Braid Leadership Reflection Paper

There are numerous moments from my childhood that have helped shape my transformation into adulthood. The most of these moments involves my acceptance into my school’s branch of the J. Kyle Braid Leadership Foundation. The J. Kyle Braid Leadership Foundations, or JKB, is a program that helps mentor young adults into top leaders in their school and in the larger community. This group is very selective, as only 16 of the top school leaders are chosen each year to be accepted into this prestigious opportunity. Upon learning that I had been chosen as a member of this group, I was excited because I have always heard good things about the group, but did not realize how much of an honor this was until the potential of what I could do was presented …show more content…
This transformation has been a direct result of the many actives and services we do as a group to better our school and our communities. One of the most meaningful activities JKB does is volunteer to teach the horrors of drug use to young elementary kids in an effort educate the younger members of the community. We have also hosted many actives that help the less fortunate, such as PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter). Im PADS we will go to a homeless shelter and help serve food, clean, and help with any other objectives the shelters had for us. It is essentially extra support for the shelters which they always appreciate. We also were given the opportunity to run an event called, PLARN ("yarn" made from plastic shopping bags). PLARN donation fundraiser with the sole purpose of benefitting the homeless population in our neighborhood. At PLARN, we asked students to donate plastic bags that we would then cut and tie into the shapes of mattress, since a place to sleep is something taken for granted by many people. It felt fulfilling to be apart of such a wonderful project, since I know that the work that I put in had a positive impact on someone's