Community Service Project Analysis

For my community service project, I decided to do many things. I helped with the Second Harvest fundraiser at our school; volunteered to hand out metals and bags for the runners that finished the half marathon and 5k. I also was a runner for a speaking competition at Islands High School. Last school year we collected over 2000 pounds of canned food for Second Harvest. It feels good to help the people that don’t have all the things we have. “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” As Barack Obama said. Once I finished and knew that we helped many people, I felt good and I was proud of myself. I got 13 hours from working in the …show more content…
When I was handing out the bags, I think they enjoyed getting the bag. On the other hand, when I was passing out the metals I would always try and put the metal around their neck so they felt really good about running the race. After I left, I felt like I accomplished something and I did. I also had one of my family members running the half marathon, and it was really cool getting to put the medal around their neck and say “Good Job! You did well. I know if I tried running it I wouldn’t have made it.” I got 6 hours from helping out. The last thing that I did for my project was being a runner for a speaking competition at Islands High School. My friend and I got up on a Saturday morning and headed over to the school. We got assigned to a class where the kids were to be called in and take their test. After the kids were done, we would take the results to a teacher and they would get the results and later then present them with their metal and certificate. I got 5 hours from participating in that. With a total 24 hours I feel