Example Of Personal Narrative

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During the last two years, I was a very active being with my time. For my sophomore year, I was a part of a local food drive, with the deputy sheriffs and The Viking's Charities. I also assisted, along with my brother, the Sheriff's Department and the Support Group of Altadena with the opening ceremony of the public summer concert of the season as the color guard at Charles S. Farnsworth Park. I even attended to Santa Monica beach and pier to help the deputy sheriffs clean-up the place. And as of the Pasadena City College Upward Bound Program, I had also participated in the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. For my junior year, as part of the Upward Bound Program, I had also participated for the Rio Vista park clean-up. And as for my work experience,

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