As Ben Franklin once said, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” Becoming involved was easy with the opportunities and chances that I was given at Gallimore Elementary School. One of the best memories and chances that I was given at Gallimore was when I was asked to become a classroom helper for Mrs. Miller in 4th and 5th grade. As a classroom helper I gave up my lunch and recess to help Mrs. Miller with anything she needed in the classroom such as filing, cleaning or setting up activities for the kindergartens.
At Gallimore I didn’t only learn while in the classroom. In third grade I was member of the ropers jump roping team. To this day I can still do many of the tricks we were taught but most importantly …show more content…
With three more of my siblings still enrolled at Gallimore I was in the loop in terms of events happening at the school. This lead to me volunteer at every movie night from when I was in 6th grade to 11th grade. I spent 6 hours at least at the school on movie night days while I was setting up, run the movie and cleaning up. Even as I got older I still got excited to go to movie night and help out in any way I could to make movie night as enjoyable for the students as it was when I went there. Along with Movie night I have also volunteered at Fun Fair for the past 5 years. I loved to volunteer in the medical room/tent where I would be able to act as doctor and interact with the students. When I was a student at Gallimore I loved Fun Fair and especially I loved the medical tent, so volunteering there it allows me to help give the current students the same great experience that I …show more content…
As seniors in NHS, we are given the unique opportunity to get some friends together and create a service project that will benefit others in the community. With so many paths to take my heart settled on helping children who have been diagnosed with cancer. Four of my friends and I decided to take on a project that had the goal of bridging the gap between kids who are sick and kids who are not. In order to do this we set up a project with a three step process to help reach our goal. The first step of our process was to educate students at Smith elementary school about what cancer is but more importantly what they can do to help those who have been diagnosed. The second step of our project gave those students the chance to help; the students decorated covers that go over the chemotherapy bags and small pillowcases that are used by the hospital to have the patient 's rest their arms on while getting an IV. Along with the gifts that the fifth graders at Smith Elementary made we also had NJHS members from the district make fleece tie blankets. While these students were decorating and creating these products we took videos of the students giving a positive message that would be shown to the patients to let them know that they are not alone. Finally we planned a party for those patients in the hospital where we delivered the creations of the fifth graders and
At Gallimore I didn’t only learn while in the classroom. In third grade I was member of the ropers jump roping team. To this day I can still do many of the tricks we were taught but most importantly …show more content…
With three more of my siblings still enrolled at Gallimore I was in the loop in terms of events happening at the school. This lead to me volunteer at every movie night from when I was in 6th grade to 11th grade. I spent 6 hours at least at the school on movie night days while I was setting up, run the movie and cleaning up. Even as I got older I still got excited to go to movie night and help out in any way I could to make movie night as enjoyable for the students as it was when I went there. Along with Movie night I have also volunteered at Fun Fair for the past 5 years. I loved to volunteer in the medical room/tent where I would be able to act as doctor and interact with the students. When I was a student at Gallimore I loved Fun Fair and especially I loved the medical tent, so volunteering there it allows me to help give the current students the same great experience that I …show more content…
As seniors in NHS, we are given the unique opportunity to get some friends together and create a service project that will benefit others in the community. With so many paths to take my heart settled on helping children who have been diagnosed with cancer. Four of my friends and I decided to take on a project that had the goal of bridging the gap between kids who are sick and kids who are not. In order to do this we set up a project with a three step process to help reach our goal. The first step of our process was to educate students at Smith elementary school about what cancer is but more importantly what they can do to help those who have been diagnosed. The second step of our project gave those students the chance to help; the students decorated covers that go over the chemotherapy bags and small pillowcases that are used by the hospital to have the patient 's rest their arms on while getting an IV. Along with the gifts that the fifth graders at Smith Elementary made we also had NJHS members from the district make fleece tie blankets. While these students were decorating and creating these products we took videos of the students giving a positive message that would be shown to the patients to let them know that they are not alone. Finally we planned a party for those patients in the hospital where we delivered the creations of the fifth graders and