Personal Narrative: My Experience At Martin County High School

During my four years at Martin County High School I feel that I have made a major impact on the school and most importantly, the community. I have dedicated most of my time helping my trainer with her volleyball technique class and teaching younger and sometimes older kids how to play volleyball. I have also spent my time helping my sick friend, Susie after she has had many surgeries. I enjoy helping out my community whenever and wherever it needs the help.
Starting off with volleyball, I have helped my trainer the past five years with her summer and fall technique classes that she does for ages between 5-18. I spend my summers over at Redeemer Lutheran Church and School from 9AM-5PM, sometimes even later. I sometimes help her during her fall

classes, but I usually help at night since I have school. Occasionally I help her on Wednesdays from 7PM-9PM or Saturdays from 10AM-2PM. Mostly helping her teach the kids the basic rules of the game, how to play, and sometimes the more advance techniques. Since playing, training with, and helping Janaina I have fulfilled my dreams of going to college to play volleyball and also making the varsity high school team my freshman year and then becoming captain my junior and senior year. It is fulfilling to know that I possibly could have changed their lives with the sport and maybe them going off and playing in college or higher level.
Secondly, I have also spent a lot of my time helping my friend Susie, who has had over thirty surgeries and has had several different kinds of cancer; including: breast cancer, thyroid cancer, ovarian cancer, melanoma, and other forms of skin cancer. I would have my mom drive me to her house on the weekends and take care of her after her surgeries. I would also bring her some dinner or any other food and help feed her if I needed too. It was definitely hard at some points going and seeing her the way she looked after some surgeries; so sick and tired looking, but it was definitely worth it in the way it made me feel after leaving her house or the next day. It made me feel as if I made her day a little bit better and helped her on the road to recovery.