Community Application Essay Examples

Community involvement has always been a personal priority for which I strive; I believe all of us have been shaped by our community, therefore we have the responsibility to ensure that others receive these same benefits both within our community and beyond. As someone who has benefitted greatly from the community through the presence of role models that have had a very positive impact on my development, I wish to fulfill that role of a positive influence in the life of someone else. One such role model was my cello teacher Grazyna, who, over the 12 years that she was my mentor, instilled in me both a love of music and a passion for giving back to the community. From a young age, I have played at seniors centres and hospitals under her guidance, and I continue to bring music to the community in this way although she has passed away from ovarian cancer. I now play trumpet at Remembrance Day Ceremonies each year and am currently …show more content…
As a member of the Student Union Executive Team in my school since grade 7, I continually organize school-wide events. For many years, I have been creating jewelry and auctioning it, both inside of school and out, for various charities such as Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti and Japan, raising over $1000. Through personal and team pursuits, such as McNally’s bikeathon which raised over $61,000 this year, I have made charity and community leadership a prominent part of my life. The genesis of my community involvement stemmed partially from those who have greatly impacted me from young age; my penultimate goal is to inspire others along a similar path to making the community and the world a better