Environmental volunteering

Nurse Aid Program Answers 1. Growing up, for volunteer and community service work I always went to the animal shelter and helped walk dogs. When I got old enough to do volunteer work myself, I began volunteering at Brookhill Farm in Forest, Virginia. At the barn, I would exercise my horse, groom, clean out stalls, help with feeding, and anything else they needed. Even though this was just with animals, I still learned how to treat the horses and people I was around with respect and care. In…

An older couple, which has lived in the community nearly all of their life, was overjoyed when they fully understood what I was doing and for whom I was volunteering. They could not believe that the smoke detector and the installation were free. While I was explaining their escape plan, they both kept asking me questions about the campaign. Talking to this older couple helped me comprehend how much people were…

my objective. Volunteering is my one passion and my contribution to help the world. Through my church, school, and organizations, I have been involved in several community service opportunities since elementary school. I love helping others in need and the satisfaction of a job well done. I feel like my time is well spent after I see what was accomplished or even the smiles of those I had helped. The best volunteer opportunities are when I get to work with kids. Most of my volunteering involves…

Throughout high school I have volunteered and have been an active member in my community. Through Key Club and National Honors Society I have completed over 50 hours of community service to date and I am still regularly volunteering. I also bell ring through Salvation Army around Christmas time periodically. The past two years I have volunteered at "Zooloween Boo" and "Egg-citing day at the Zoo". These two events give children the opportunity to take part in holiday festivities. Another event I…

Volunteering should be necessary to get a scholarship; Volunteering is a noble thing to do, Volunteering has shaped America what it is today. Volunteering provides many benefits to an individual and society, but especially to students who are trying to qualify for scholarships. Volunteering has always helped with the students going to college or getting a job right out of college. Three benefits of volunteering are academic gain, networking opportunities, and gaining job experience. First,…

I volunteered at the Buckner-Aldine Family Hope Center for two and a half hours helping with a class called Jobs for Life. The purpose of the class is to help the adults taking it learn the skills necessary to become employable and succeed in the workforce. The class consisted of all women, mostly homemakers. Since this was the second time the class met, the main focus was reading through three chapters of the textbook for the class and creating a vision board. The Jobs for Life class is meant…

they do in an everyday routine. Lastly, I recently went to the annual Halloween dance to supervise. Personal Observation As I have been getting further along in my volunteer work, I have gained an insight for people with disabilities. Before my volunteering experience, I had no interest in furthering my experience with people who have a disability. In high school, I remember there were organizations put together for students to help out certain kids. I was one of the students who felt that it…

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…

There are many ways that I could contribute to Lake Braddock community. The first thing I would do for the community is a volunteer as a student manager for a sports team. In addition, I would find volunteers that are seeking to help out as well. The second way I contribute to the community is I would stay after school to do some service hours. The third way I contribute to the community is that my family always donate food drive. Lastly, I contribute to the community is a volunteer at a job…

The concept of “bad” volunteering is unfortunately a sad reality and the differences amongst volunteering and voluntourism is very clear. I believe that volunteering and voluntourism are so vastly different they shouldn’t be categorized as the same, shouldn’t be marketed as the same program, and should not be associated with the same “work”. A volunteer should not be associated with voluntourism as its connotation is that the “tourism” aspect has taken over the “volunteer”. Individuals whose…