A quote by Alma Powell states that “There is no better investment of time and money that in the life of a child. They are the future” (“Famous Quotes on Volunteering”). I completely agree with this quote. Volunteering is extremely satisfying when you invest time and money into it especially when it is for children. Children are our future and we should help them when they are in need of it. Volunteering gave me a sense of purpose. It made me feel that what I contributed made a difference in the world. The tasks I did were not as important as others, like volunteering overseas and helping, but both organizations made me feel like I was making huge impacts on the world. I volunteered with Feed my Starving Children, FMSC, and United Nations Children’s
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What made it self-satisfying to me was at the end of each session they tell you how many total boxes was made, how many meals packaged, how many kids feed for a year, and how much it cost to package the MannaPack Rice. The amount of kids that the MannaPack Rice feed for a year made it realistic to me. I was glad that they told me these numbers because for my two sessions I participated in the groups made up 183 boxes, packaged 39,580 MannaPack Rice, feed 108 kids for one year, and cost $8,695.96 to make all the MannaPack Rice packages. When I saw that I helped feed 108 kids for one year it made it self-satisfying to me. That was the one number that made what I was doing worth it. None of the other numbers made an impact, but knowing how many children it feed for a whole year made a huge …show more content…
I participated in the UNICEF Water Walk, which was part of the Tap Project. The Tap project was to raise money for safe drinking water. I ran an obstacle course with two jugs of water. The obstacle course was used for use to see the obstacles these children face in getting water. It made me realize how hard it was for children to get clean water. For the Final round we had to run with a scenario, I had a broken leg. This made it difficult to run the course, but it made it realistic to me how hard it was for some mothers or children to get water with these common scenarios. The project raised $651 and we had over 100 volunteers and participants. I also participated in the Smashing Pumpkins campaign, which was part of the Trick-or-Treat project. My job was to recruit people to smash pumpkins and donate to the project. All of the pumpkins were donated to the project from local farms and Morton Arboretum. It was $5 to smash a pumpkin and the project raised $2758.66. It was fun to smash pumpkins because it relieved some stress and it made other students want to donate and get to do a fun activity in return. The smashed pumpkins went to the Benedictine’s compost to be
What made it self-satisfying to me was at the end of each session they tell you how many total boxes was made, how many meals packaged, how many kids feed for a year, and how much it cost to package the MannaPack Rice. The amount of kids that the MannaPack Rice feed for a year made it realistic to me. I was glad that they told me these numbers because for my two sessions I participated in the groups made up 183 boxes, packaged 39,580 MannaPack Rice, feed 108 kids for one year, and cost $8,695.96 to make all the MannaPack Rice packages. When I saw that I helped feed 108 kids for one year it made it self-satisfying to me. That was the one number that made what I was doing worth it. None of the other numbers made an impact, but knowing how many children it feed for a whole year made a huge …show more content…
I participated in the UNICEF Water Walk, which was part of the Tap Project. The Tap project was to raise money for safe drinking water. I ran an obstacle course with two jugs of water. The obstacle course was used for use to see the obstacles these children face in getting water. It made me realize how hard it was for children to get clean water. For the Final round we had to run with a scenario, I had a broken leg. This made it difficult to run the course, but it made it realistic to me how hard it was for some mothers or children to get water with these common scenarios. The project raised $651 and we had over 100 volunteers and participants. I also participated in the Smashing Pumpkins campaign, which was part of the Trick-or-Treat project. My job was to recruit people to smash pumpkins and donate to the project. All of the pumpkins were donated to the project from local farms and Morton Arboretum. It was $5 to smash a pumpkin and the project raised $2758.66. It was fun to smash pumpkins because it relieved some stress and it made other students want to donate and get to do a fun activity in return. The smashed pumpkins went to the Benedictine’s compost to be