The Vineyard Community: Safe Environment For Children

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The vineyard community is a safe environment for children between kindergarten through 12th grade between the hours 3 pm- to 6pm. The vineyard is a community center for children where they engage in different actives, where they do their homework, worship and enjoy time together. One thing I liked about the vineyard is how much the care and value the children receive from the volunteers and staff The mission of the vineyard is that the children from all different schools are brought together for a couple of hours to engage in different activities to learn and grow as a whole. The vineyard a big impact on the community its keeping the children safe, and helping them with their everyday life afterschool. For example, helping them with their …show more content…
I think I learned a lot more with the service learning project because I was able to have one on one interaction with the children, see how they think and obtain knowledge. I was also able to see what the liked and disliked. I also seen how they deal with certain problems. While I was volunteering at the vineyard they participated in “bully awareness month”. There was a child who told his story about how he got bullied, and what he tried to do to stop the bully. He was afraid, but he had the courage to speak and share his story. I don’t think the experience wouldn’t have been the same because I learned so much within this semester. I have a better understanding now that I wouldn’t have before. I wouldn’t be able to use the terminology I learned when I was doing my hours five years or a year from today. Personal developments that influenced me to work with younger children is that in the near future I hope to become a pediatrician. I’m also the oldest of five I know how children work, and how they think they can trick adults when it comes to certain things also love kids I always have a great time with them. I learned several things about myself that I should engage in more volunteering projects because it made me grow as a person. Volunteering made me feel good about myself even if it was for a coupes of hours a day. I also learned that the community is just trying to help these children’s and their parents, and that was a pleasure being with them to help out. Seeing these children smile whenever they get an answer right or won a game. Working with the children and staff at the Vineyard was an amazing experience and that I hope to go back to one day. I also learned that there is so many things you can do for your career to expand. If you go out there, and help the community something good will come out of it. with my service learning project my career options did expand t it made me want to pursue my dream of becoming a pediatrician also I hope to become a

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