Explain Why I Want To Serve For Americorps

There are multiple reasons I'd want to serve for Americorps. My calling in life has always been to serve others. We live in a world with more "sayers" than "doers". Everything that moves me into a passionate speech, enables my physical into action. From grade school to college helping others has been a must for me . Often ridiculed or even yelled at by my parents to take the time out of my day to speak to the homeless or offer up some of my lunch money.

The social stigma against those in need always baffled me . It is real and it is more prevalent than it should be . To hear others speak harshly and judge others in situations they can't control angered me. Poverty, disaster, homelessness can happen to anyone at anytime. Therefore, a larger goal of mine is to educate the public so that these stigma's can go away. We are all together on this planet so in a way we are family. There is a gap between those who are better off and those who are less fortunate. When we are born into this world, we are pure . Pure of hate,dislike, and judgement. The snide remarks, spiteful chuckling, and closed minds are all learned behavior. Why are we taught to dislike what we don't understand? It has been a life goal to try and figure this out. Americorps would give me the ability to work …show more content…
Most days I stayed afterschool and assisted the Meals on Wheels program. We provided care for young children and collected and prepared meals with food from donations and the local community garden that I also assisted with. I was also active in the yearly food and clothing donation. Each year was a success , we even received thank you cards from shelters we helped because of how massive our donations was. Im extremely thankful to have attented a Jesuit high school. It was implemented in our curriculum to be warriors for our community and I carried this attitude with me into