Volunteering Essay

Who wouldn’t love to have a beloved community? There are many ways to make a beloved community. You can make more activities for everyone to have fun, and enjoy there selves while they are with friends, and family. Another way is by helping others or even local businesses. Lastly, you can run a charity for the people in need. I live in the small town of Alpena, and I would love to make it a beloved community. One way I would make it beloved is to make more activities. For example, art shows,…

One opportunity in my life that I am grateful for is the chance to participate in the FBISD Leadership 101 and 102 programs. Not only was it eye opening to see leadership across different career fields and connect with fellow young leaders, I learned about the true basis of leadership. Leadership is based on selfless volunteerism. No matter what field they work in, leaders are those who go above and beyond the call of duty to improve the community, often with little appreciation or compensation.…

Due to my commitment to public service, it has always been an honor for me to have the opportunity to serve others. As a result, my education has contributed to my biggest passion of aiding others. I have focused my efforts the past few years contributing to aiding women and children in the field of interpersonal violence. My interest in this field began a few summers ago, when I served as an intern at Domestic Violence/Child Abuse court under the District attorney, in Cumberland County, North…

One of the best feelings in the world is giving back and educating the community. I’ve spent over 2,000 hours of community service helping schools and non-profits. Through this experience, I’ve become familiar with advocating for service projects and educating my peers on amazing opportunities. Through AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), I was a recruiter. As a recruiter, I had the opportunity to visit several high schools and colleges around the country advocating for the…

National Junior Honor Society is a great opportunity for me, and is an organization that I really hope to be in. I love doing service not because I am forced to, but I get to be with my friends and is also a way for me to give back to the community. I love helping the needy and have participated in countless activities. For example, I was a part of a group that put together care kits for the homeless, picked up trash at a park, and created blankets for the needy. Being in NJHS will give me a…

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,…

Participating in community services has become a big part of the world we know today. The service can be as small as picking up garbage along the side of the road, or as big as traveling to different countries to help with natural disasters. All those things have something in common; doing something to change the world for free. I got the opportunity to interview someone who has changed the world for people who thought there was nothing good that could come from the world when everything they…

According to an article in Psychology Today (2014), there are a number of advantages to participating in charity organizations. Volunteers tend to be healthier, happier, live longer, and have a better outlook on life than non-volunteers. The challenge for any nonprofit organization is to create an atmosphere that harnesses the resourcefulness of people who are willing to buy into its social purpose, while maintaining financial integrity. With this in mind, chief officials have to ensure that the…

What really makes us happy? Many people believe it is wealth, family, and fame. Do those factors really affect happiness? Studies have shown that excessive wealth (over $75,000) has no additional effect on happiness, and along with fame may, in fact, decrease it. What really does make us happy? I have been happy when doing volunteer work, spending time with friends, and while working on an interesting project. The definition of happiness that I get from examining those experiences is this:…

According to an article by Paul Lamb there are 1.4 million non- profit organizations that are charities in the United States. I know what you’re thinking; this seems like a really big number. This just means that there are an increasing number of charity work opportunities for us, therefore we gain lots of new skills. Here are some reasons why charity work is good for everyone. One of the great things about charity work is that it can give you a new perspective and you gain new life…