In the town of Branford Connecticut, there is an estimated population of 30,000 residents living in this suburban town eight miles east of New Haven. In this town, there are many people that have a need of some sort such as food, employment, education, shelter, and many others. As I was growing up I had a good friend living in this town, I was amazed by the strong community that surrounded him with its compassion, charity, and happiness. Seeing him be a part of this, I felt the that I would have to make my own contributions to this amazing community.
First, I would start dedicating my time to the Branford Counseling Center. In this counseling center, there are services such as job search, food, prevention programs, and many others which could …show more content…
As an avid sports player, I’ve been a part of Caribe since the year 2003, which was when they had just been starting up. I was a part of both baseball and basketball. Growing up my parents instilled that education came first then followed sports, just the same expression Bridgeport Caribe has always instilled in their young members. Being part of this organization really built my work ethic and made me more weary of giving back to the community. Once I finished my eighth-grade season, Caribe would no longer let me play because of my age. I decided to coach the sixth through eighth-grade division alongside my father. Coaching helped me develop leadership, I learned that I’m a task-oriented leader as well as a person-oriented leader. A task-oriented leader is most interested in training, instructing behavior, performance and winning. A person-oriented leader is more interested in the interpersonal relationships on the team. I also learned that great leaders in and out sports are both tasks- and people-oriented, but lean more towards being task-oriented. I enjoyed passing on my knowledge of leadership to these kids. I even had kids come back to me that I helped them with their struggles and aided them in eventually developing those struggles into a passion. By helping kids with their leadership, they would be benefitted with better knowledge which would, in the long run, have a positive impact in the classroom and ultimately the
First, I would start dedicating my time to the Branford Counseling Center. In this counseling center, there are services such as job search, food, prevention programs, and many others which could …show more content…
As an avid sports player, I’ve been a part of Caribe since the year 2003, which was when they had just been starting up. I was a part of both baseball and basketball. Growing up my parents instilled that education came first then followed sports, just the same expression Bridgeport Caribe has always instilled in their young members. Being part of this organization really built my work ethic and made me more weary of giving back to the community. Once I finished my eighth-grade season, Caribe would no longer let me play because of my age. I decided to coach the sixth through eighth-grade division alongside my father. Coaching helped me develop leadership, I learned that I’m a task-oriented leader as well as a person-oriented leader. A task-oriented leader is most interested in training, instructing behavior, performance and winning. A person-oriented leader is more interested in the interpersonal relationships on the team. I also learned that great leaders in and out sports are both tasks- and people-oriented, but lean more towards being task-oriented. I enjoyed passing on my knowledge of leadership to these kids. I even had kids come back to me that I helped them with their struggles and aided them in eventually developing those struggles into a passion. By helping kids with their leadership, they would be benefitted with better knowledge which would, in the long run, have a positive impact in the classroom and ultimately the