Volunteering Experience Essay

My healthcare volunteering experience began in high school when I started volunteering at Baylor Hospital in Grapevine, Texas. There I was assigned papers and files to sort and I occasionally got to shadow various doctors. This went on for a month after I graduated high school and before I started college. In winter of 2014 and 2016, I spent one month in India with my uncle. He is a cardiologist who let me shadow him in his clinic and hospital. There I spent 100 hours (200 hours total between…

health. This experience, combined with my passion for community service set me firmly on the path of pursuing a career in medicine. After receiving my BS degree in Biology, I was accepted to a caribbean medical school and and had a 4.0 GPA when I withdrew and began exploring the possibility of becoming a nurse. This research led me to the conclusion that the nursing model and approach to medicine is best for communities, because it provides a more holistic approach to…

gift of education in order to empower them and allow them to experience more avenues of life. As a long time English major, I have come to know that there is a great strength that comes with writing. I have seen fellow students move people with their words, and strongly communicate their ideas and having the ability to teach students these skills fills me with a profound joy. Moreover, the Peace Corps presents an opportunity to experience everything I love in life: traveling, experiencing and…

During my lifetime, I've had the privilege to experience a lot of volunteer work. From the age of 12 up until now, at 19 I have completed office work, service with the arts, tutoring, youth work, and coaching. My most favorite thing about volunteering is having the ability to help others, putting a smile on their face. I never expect anything in return, but I always return home with a positive attitude. Of all my volunteer work opportunities, tutoring and performing at nursing homes were my…

7. What have you done to make your school or your community a better place? After volunteering in the homeless shelter’s kitchen, I wanted a more personable and interactive experience. I did not feel I was making a difference and wanted to do more. I decided to pass out pizza slices around Oakland. Most individuals ate one immediately, and saved another slice. I fed the homeless two meals when it was rare for them to have one. I saw how much they respected and treasured the simplest things in…

The act of volunteering allows us to not only provide a service to the community, but also to reflect on our everyday lives. Whilst volunteering at ‘Meals on Wheels’, an Australian non-profit organisation that provides meals for people requiring support, I delivered meals to recipients’ homes. Since ‘Meals on Wheels’ revolves around providing meals, it has led me to reflect on the everyday aspect of mealtime. Prior to learning about sociological theories, I took food for granted without thinking…

I would like to share with you the beginning of my experience with volunteering at Shalom East. I will be working in the hospice center and visiting with the patients in their last moments of their life. This is not going to be an easy job for me but when I found out about the opportunity I knew it was something I needed to do. I have a large heart and feel compelled to give what I can to perfect strangers in their time of need. I would want someone to do the same for me. In my Civic…

able to volunteer there so far I am scheduled to volunteer 18 hours in March and I couldn’t be more excited to be involved with patients in the Austin area and to continue volunteering there in my free time. Furthermore, I have volunteered in the Fort Worth area at John Peter Smith Hospital in the Woman Services area. This experience allowed me to really grasp what being a nurse is really about. I think many people believe that as a nurse one is just there to treat the patient’s illness or…

My response to this scenario is based on my experience with volunteers at the Tyler Texas Corps. At this Corps, volunteers were used in various Corps programs and activities. The Corps relied on the help of these volunteers, however, for all their advantages and benefits there were many challenges and drawbacks. Managing the massive amount of volunteers required much responsibility more than the “Volunteer Coordinator” could handle alone. The challenges with volunteers is that the majority of…

Introduction: This semester in Public Relations Campaign we help a volunteer organization called the Arthritis Foundation; this is a foundation that helps people suffering from the horrible disease called Arthritis. Arthritis is normally thought of as an old man’s disease but when researching about the company I learned that it can affect anyone at any age. The project that we helped this organization on was called the Jingle Bell Run; this run is the main money maker for this organization and…