Throughout my high school career there has been many opportunities to give back to our community through all the organizations it presents us as high school students. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and as a young women in my church we are encouraged to do eight, ten hour projects that demonstrate community service and help you as an individual expand your knowledge. During the summer of my sophomore and junior year I had the opportunity to collect school supplies for a boy and a girl in each grade at the Corvallis primary school. It was an amazing experience to know that the supplies were helping such innocent kids who needed them. Although I did not know who the supplies went to, it sure expanded my knowledge on just how much impact each of us can have on our community.
The only club I have been involved in from freshman to senior year is Interact. Interact is known for its community service opportunities. Through Interact I have had the privilege to volunteer at food and paper drives for the safe house, to work community events and help …show more content…
For a long time I have wanted to be a physical therapist and so I decided to seek out an internship at Willow Creek Physical Therapy and see if physical therapy was something I actually wanted to do. Although the internship started out as an experience for myself it turned into something much more than that. During the 70+ hours I spent there I got to help the physical therapist's aid people who could barely walk sometimes. It was amazing to see how much impact physical therapy can have on people. I also helped Willow Creek with their paperwork to make sure everything ran smoothly and I organized many files. Through all the many tasks Willow Creek Physical Therapy had me do I learned that physical therapy helps so many people gain their strength and independence back which is an amazing
The only club I have been involved in from freshman to senior year is Interact. Interact is known for its community service opportunities. Through Interact I have had the privilege to volunteer at food and paper drives for the safe house, to work community events and help …show more content…
For a long time I have wanted to be a physical therapist and so I decided to seek out an internship at Willow Creek Physical Therapy and see if physical therapy was something I actually wanted to do. Although the internship started out as an experience for myself it turned into something much more than that. During the 70+ hours I spent there I got to help the physical therapist's aid people who could barely walk sometimes. It was amazing to see how much impact physical therapy can have on people. I also helped Willow Creek with their paperwork to make sure everything ran smoothly and I organized many files. Through all the many tasks Willow Creek Physical Therapy had me do I learned that physical therapy helps so many people gain their strength and independence back which is an amazing