Volunteer Essay

American Civil War officer who leads the war’s first black volunteers into battle and discovers during the journey which confronts the moral question of racial…

with the skills to be able to interact with children and be able to approach adults. Problem-solving skills are something I learned from this experience that will benefit my career in the health field. My volunteer experience at St. James afterschool program was very worthwhile. This volunteer experience gave me the opportunity to strength several skills I already had and the opportunity to gain several more skills. 4) From a system thinking perspective, what is the direct positive impact and…

Outside of class, I have been fortunate enough to volunteer as a pharmaceutical assistant. As an aspiring pharmacist, the experience of being first-hand behind the counter has shown me many highlights about the occupation. A pharmacist possesses extraordinary attentive skills for understanding patient difficulties and administering the applicable medication. Some of my responsibilities consisted of organization of patient files, working the cash register and aiding customers. A pharmacist has…

of Massachusetts declining command of the newly created unit. In the same telegraph telling his father to destroy this letter Shaw asked him to instead inform the governor he would except the position (Burchard, 1965). When the call went out for volunteers, Massachusetts did not have a lot of blacks to recruit. They came from other states as well and as far away as Canada (History.com, 2010). One-quarter of the recruits came from the Caribbean and slave states. One of the men who joined the…

In the movie ‘Glory’ the story of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Soldiers is told. They were the first unit of African American troops to battle in the American Civil War. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw who is played by Mathew Broderick is the commander, who after surviving a viscous attack by playing dead in the Battle of Antietam is giving the honor of commanding the first African American regiment. In the movie Shaw’s school mate Thomas Searles a free born African American who is…

distributes donated shoes to sub Saharan Africa. The first time I volunteered at Soles for Jesus helping to pack shoes I was dragged there by my Mom, but as I gained experience working there I was able to form my own outlook on why I continued to volunteer there. My experience taught…

Douglass, in the film Glory, said that a Negro regiment would restore “pride and dignity to those who have only known degradation,” and so the 54th Massachusetts was born. A film about the first all African-American regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Glory shows the strong and proud unit of men as they transform to brave warriors and strong leaders. Throughout the film, we see multiple men, both black and white become soldiers, reaching new levels of leadership and respect.…

From a little girl, until now, I have always been raised on the principle of giving back to your community . For over seven years I have been an active volunteer at the Inidantown Food Pantry. Though it seems like a minute role, it is a very impactful one. Indiantown is a small cited triangulated between Okeechobee, Stuart, and Palm Beach that, by statistics of the 2016 Census, houses just a little over 6,000 people. Within that number, there is an estimated twenty-five percent poverty rate,…

“Hi! I’m Sona with the OU Teen Volunteers, would you like to buy any cookies, popcorn, or baklava for one dollar?” I said for the thousandth time in my life. This quote was used daily during my last three summers at OU Medical Center. We came into the office every morning at 8:30 am, answered the daily icebreaker with other teens, got assigned our tasks, and went out to bring smiles throughout the hospital. The nurses, custodial workers, and even doctors walked past and exclaimed happily, “The…

Society’s Salvation Throughout our society there are many less fortunate individuals that suffer each day without much of the public even knowing about it. Poverty and hardship pollutes and suffocates our communities. To be a strong, balanced society we need to come together and support those who need it the most. Volunteering is an indispensable component in our world. Doing something in hope that it will make a difference no matter how minor it may be can improve the lives of many. For my…