One weekend in May of 2014, I got an amazing opportunity to be a part of an event called Relay for Life. This event was sponsored by American Cancer Society and Freedom High School. The main focus the event offered was to give cancer-survival patients and their families a full weekend to come together and enjoy life within one place, Freedom High School Track and Field. All three communities came together to celebrate, there were: Oakley, Brentwood, and Antioch communities. Throughout the event, I was in a team that directed the children’s playground and the school’s kitchen. As a result, I learned innovative skills such as: being compassionate toward others, listening to a teammate’s suggestions, and providing parents with information of the
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The organization had: set up playhouse for children, invited community leaders and citizens to speak about one common topic: cancer, and gave free foods and beverages for everyone. Among the speakers that spoke that weekend, many people were working parents who struggled to overcome the life-threaten disease. Their perseverance to live joyfully amazed me.
The reason these people were content in their lives was due to American Cancer Society being conscientious toward them when the patients needed the most. When these families needed a place to laugh, American Cancer Society created Relay For Life events throughout the country. When the patients need expenses treatment, the organization give out affordable plans for the patient’s family to afford it. The organization made sure patients and their family can manage their lives in a convenient way. These factors were the reasons I decided to volunteer my time toward this …show more content…
Since American Cancer Society has created and has sponsored these type of activities at a public school, it demonstrates how both the government and non-profit organization care for the communities and their lives. The government is willing to give American Cancer Society the entire track and field and the whole weekend to create an amazing life changing experience has proven how involve government officials do care about the people. The reason the government and non-profit organization care about the communities’ health so much is because if everyone is healthy and happy, then there will be more working people contributing to the country’s revenue and prosper the U.S’s reputation. The more the government help the more people are willing to give up their free time to work for the country and continue improving the country’s socially and
The organization had: set up playhouse for children, invited community leaders and citizens to speak about one common topic: cancer, and gave free foods and beverages for everyone. Among the speakers that spoke that weekend, many people were working parents who struggled to overcome the life-threaten disease. Their perseverance to live joyfully amazed me.
The reason these people were content in their lives was due to American Cancer Society being conscientious toward them when the patients needed the most. When these families needed a place to laugh, American Cancer Society created Relay For Life events throughout the country. When the patients need expenses treatment, the organization give out affordable plans for the patient’s family to afford it. The organization made sure patients and their family can manage their lives in a convenient way. These factors were the reasons I decided to volunteer my time toward this …show more content…
Since American Cancer Society has created and has sponsored these type of activities at a public school, it demonstrates how both the government and non-profit organization care for the communities and their lives. The government is willing to give American Cancer Society the entire track and field and the whole weekend to create an amazing life changing experience has proven how involve government officials do care about the people. The reason the government and non-profit organization care about the communities’ health so much is because if everyone is healthy and happy, then there will be more working people contributing to the country’s revenue and prosper the U.S’s reputation. The more the government help the more people are willing to give up their free time to work for the country and continue improving the country’s socially and