Community Reflective Essay

At Marian University each student is required to attend the service learning project. Basically this activity involves a group of students to go out into the community and perform acts of service. My group’s site was to help the Park and Rec. by cleaning up garbage around the baseball and softball fields. Although my group and I had been unable to perform the task we were given due to weather. Instead we gathered together in the Saber Gymnasium and had an interactive solution. The purpose of this activity was to interact and discuses amongst peers in the group of what a community means to each individual, as well as what needs to be established in order to have that strong reliable community. I found this activity had not only been beneficial for our group as well as the group members but also the community …show more content…
If someone’s not use to letting others into their life they need to be open to doing so because part of being a community is working together. This goes as well as for myself I need to be understanding and open minded to letting others in my life. Always be sure to keep an eye out for those struggling and may need a bit of guidance and assistance. Another important factor I learned was a community is all about building a solid foundation and building up that relationship, if community members are going around harassing other community members the odds of that community becoming an idle community are very unlikely. In a community it is important to have active participants who are going out and serving others, along with participants who are willing to take action and want to become involved within their community. As well as being responsible for their Civic Responsibility to be reliable for your actions and duties as an individual member of the