Volunteering Persuasive Speech

When you wake up in the morning and go for your morning jog, and see people sleeping in parks or desperately begging for money, what do you see? Do you envision failure or opportunity? What do you perceive of the situation? Irresponsibility for all those people’s well-being or, a burden to help get back on their feet? Honestly, when I see someone on the street begging for money, I don’t always give them money, but I have found a way to help people before they get in that position. Every Sunday morning, I wake-up and get in van with 2 or 3 more people and we gather the kids in the morning for church, but more goes on in the van than telling little kids to be quiet. From the time the kids get in the van to the time we arrive at the church, my friends and I interact with and mentor the children. If you haven’t guessed already, I work with young children who live in a low-income area where negative influences plague the neighborhoods. On every Sunday at 7:45 to 10:00, my …show more content…
The kids that I were working with weren’t to much younger than me so, I didn’t have much authority over them and it has been one of my biggest challenges as a volunteer, which has taught a very important lesson when being a leader. You need to have confidence in who you are and what you stand for. My participation in my volunteering is forward looking as in it will give me experience to be a leader in group projects in the near and distant future. I hope that through my volunteer activities, young children grow up responsible, accountable, and attain the mind of Christ in their consciousness. I have faith that in the future, when I look back on my volunteer activities, I don’t know how much of an impact I will make, because everybody has choice to do right or wrong, but I just hope that I have an impact on at least one individual’s