Why I Contribute To My Community

Volunteerism is very important I have been volunteering in my community since I was a young child. Every year around Halloween my mom along with her sisters would have a haunted house for kids we would also do an Easter egg hunt on Easter at Blackwater Falls Resort. Both I would always participate in I would help set the haunted house up and decorate, I would hide to scare the kids in the haunted house, but also help with the many activities that went on. During Easter, I would make hundreds of boiled eggs along with other volunteers we would decorate and hide them. I would sometimes dress up as the Easter bunny and take pictures with the kids. I have volunteered for both since I was eight. I have volunteered in my community doing several different things such as when I was eighteen me and my sister volunteered to paint a historic church in our town the preacher who owned it was very ill and was not able to do it himself or pay to have it done so we volunteered to do it along with buying all the things needed. I am also a certified …show more content…
I remember seeing my parents even though they were struggling still always helping others any way they could. My parents never received help from anyone and thinking back now I know that’s one of the main reasons I try so hard to help others though today they are not struggling it has made me want to be more like