Bridget Thomas: Commitment To The Boys And Girls Club

Bridget Thomas is a young bubbly woman who enjoyed her time at the boys and girls club, and is more than happy to share her story and how she improved not only her life but the lives of others. Her determination to help others made her put aside other extracurricular activities for her commitment to the boys and girls club. Though she may not be the only one that felt the need to help, she is one that determined that the commitment she had was much more fulfilling than what she was doing beforehand. This is her story of how she found and committed herself not only to the boys and girls club itself but to the children as well.
When I first heard of the boys and girls club I didn’t really understand what it was for. It just seemed like a place …show more content…
When we arrived at the boys and girls club one of the children being dropped off recognized me and ran up to say hello. We went inside and I remembered why I loved spending time at the boys and girls club so much, I was able to see the kids I had begun to miss while I was spending my time studying and practicing. They were so excited to see me and it made me happy to known that to them I wasn’t just some chaperone there to watch them. That was when I decided that some think was going to have to change, I love being at the boys and girls club too much to just stop going. I confronted my parents and my coach and told them that I had decided to quit volleyball so I could spend more time helping at the boys and girls club. They were surprised and a little upset but I felt it was the best thing to do I was happier at the boys and girls club than I ever had been playing volleyball or any time just hanging around school. I still believe that I made the right decision because coming in to the boys and girls club every day and seeing all the kids happy to see me made me feel as though I was doing something good and meaningful not just for myself but for others