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Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) has echoed my interests of helping others and my communities throughout my childhood. At Eagle Ridge, Middle School, I volunteered to collect food donations for my Guitar teachers and became the team photographer for the school yearbook. During my years at Briar Woods High School (BWHS), I spent many hours in the Ashburn and Gum Spring Libraries to promote literacy initiatives by teaching children to read and preparing fun and crafting activities. I have also volunteered for several local county activities such as the Loudoun County Parks, Recreation, and Community Services (PRCS) and the Loudoun Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). At the PRCS, I helped with after school activities by preparing sports equipment for adults and individuals with disabilities, and supported camp counselors with sport activities. At the MRC, I provided support in preparing for any possibilities of medical emergency outbreak to ensure safety of many Loudoun County residents. I am proud to serve my communities in many small ways. Like Eric Greitens, in his …show more content…
While I was a volunteer at PRCS during my senior year at BWHS, I had the opportunity to work with John, a seven grader from Stone Hill Middle School in Ashburn, VA. John had epilepsy at a very young age. Epilepsy is a neurological condition which affects the nervous system and is also known as a seizure disorder. I was assigned to work with John each Wednesday since we connected very well from talking about Sony PlayStation 4 games – Super Smash Bros to playing “Marco Polo” water game since John loved the water. The water exercises helped John tremendously to reduce his seizures. I admired his courageous despite his disorder and discovered myself to be more patience, a better listener, and more compassionate person with others throughout this
I started the week off at Ortho Colorado. I cleaned beds and rooms and helped put patients' charts together. The next day was breast center. I gave patients paperwork to fill out and checked patients in. I also took the mammogram patients to get changed and gave patients' charts to the techs. Wednesday and Saturday I was in PACU and I helped the nurses with anything that they needed. I admited patients into the computer and restocked bays. I also got the patients ice chips and ice packs.
I visited the Ronald McDonald House on September 15, to meet a family that was staying there because they had a very ill child. I was there to interview Mr. and Mrs. Davis who’s had their five-year-old son, John was at Children’s Mercy Hospital. The Davis family was there because John has leukemia and needed chemotherapy. When I first met John, I was at a loss for words. I saw a five-year-old boy that didn’t have any hair (like me) and was thin like a cable wire. I thought it was great that John got to say with his family on good days. What amazed me so much was his spirit and thrust for life. Because they had faith in their little boy getting better, his parents were very much the same. I asked them what made them so upbeat and positive. They told me that they were getting the best treatment around and being close to him everyday really helped. I didn’t quite understand what they meant and asked them to explain. They told me that staying at the RMH with their son meant everything to the whole family. Instead of being in a hospital bed, or hotel room, the Davis’s kept close and were able to do everything that a family would do. Such things included playing with toys, having meals together, taking walks, enjoying closeness with one’s family, and all in the comfort of a home.
...Bridgewater State University was a complete success. For some that she presented in front of, it could have been the first time that they have ever heard of her community center in Tanzania or the first time they have ever heard of Tanzania. Relating to her overall purpose of being at the university, her message was received well by many. As she said, she wanted to make people more aware that volunteer work can help inspire people to make a difference in their communities. She has successfully presented a case were two people exiled from a country; in which they were brought up, and moved to a country that is 180°different having success in creating a stronger community and were able to have that community become worldly known: with the lack of technology. This is a remarkable and evident accomplishment of the organizational structure utilized for social services.
Ever since I was a young student, teachers knew that I was not a normal kid. These teachers saw qualities in me that they could not see in many students at that age level. They saw a child who had a profound love to know more and had the ambition of a decorated Olympic swimmer to learn not just the material that was being taught but why it is being taught and how I can I use this information to make people’s lives better. Fast-forward to today, and you can clearly see that not much has changed except my determination to learn and my love to help others has done nothing but expanded.
This Semester I observed a three-year-old girl named Allie. Allie attends preschool at Land of Learning; she is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. It was my pleasure observing her and getting to know her. She is a very sweet outgoing girl that doesn’t let her disability get to her. I observed and assisted Allie throughout her days at preschool. I assisted her and observed her with recess activities, eating lunch, and daily school projects. My past observation experiences I observed at Westgate elementary school in a class room mixed with students with learning disabilities, ADHD and also ELL students the class was taught by Ms. Lewis. I observed a second grade ELL classroom and also a fourth grade classroom. I observed these students during school
In one instance Newton heard that a ten-year-old with cancer was having a Halloween party. So, Newton decided to rent an ice cream truck and drove it to the party. Elijah Hughes had a night that he would never forget. About the surprise he said, “I didn’t believe it at first, I thought I was dreaming. It means a lot that he would come out to see me at my party.” This is just one example of the many wishes that Newton has granted. Newton says, “These kids are my inspiration, its why I do what I do. If I can do something little that has a big impact on someone that needs it, I won’t think twice about it.” Newton has built up a reputation of giving back and helping kids all across
The day after my seizure, I came to school and the kids were a little frightened of me. It only took a little time for them to forget, but the few days after the seizure were unbearable. The kids acted like epilepsy was contagious. Of course, I understand that a seizure is a dramatic and frightening event. I can only speculate at what the kids in high school would do if they saw me having a seizure.
The summer after my freshman year in college, I went back to Honduras to volunteer with the children who had leukemia at the National Public Hospital. I have never been as intimidated as my first day, when I followed the attending oncologist, while he was showing me the pediatric unit. He also explained my duties, which were attending and playing with the children. When I was left to start my job, I felt almost as nuisance in the midst of that hectic hospital room. Unsure on how to approach the patients, I looked around and found a tender smiling face. Although I was nervous, the warmth of his expression gave me the confidence to walk towards his bed. After a long and pleasant talk, I learned that Diego was from a remote rural town, and that his father visited him three days a week because he had to work to support his family. Diego suffered from a severe form of leukemia and had been hospitalized for nine months. Due to his poor health, he was unable to walk or even sit up in his bed. Hence, he developed atrophy in his legs causing them to lose strength and mobility. Yet with a huge sparkle in his eyes, Diego shared with me his dreams of becoming a great soccer player. As I turned away to retrieve the board games that he requested, I was moved by his courage to dream despite the hardships he was enduring at such a young age. This encounter was the beginning of an important turning point in my life. What initially began as a job became a real duty for me. I felt compelled and obligated to the children whom I interacted with, gaining satisfaction in doing so. At first, it seemed I was doing them a favor but rather it was the children that made an impact in my life. After I left Diego’s bedside that day, I was heartbroken to see h...
...ould only imagine how scary it must have been for him to see his mother have a seizure. The first thing he asked me was why I turned into a monster. Trying so hard to hold my tears back, I explained the best I could to a three year old that mommy has a brain condition that makes her sometimes makes her shake and scream. He wanted to know if he was going to become a monster to. Hearing that word monster hurt, but I did not correct him since he was so young. I told him no he would not become a monster, that epilepsy is not contagious.
Solomon, N., & McHale, K. (2012). An overview of epilepsy in children and young people. Nursing Children & Young People, 24(6), 28-35.
There are many people around the world who struggle with seizure; an estimated 3 million in the United States and 65 million people worldwide. Seizure is an attack that occurs in the brain when the electrical activity is abnormal. It can be a very scary situation because most of the patients don’t see it coming. It’s possible for it to occur at any place and at any time and the only thing to do is to hope that it doesn’t happen while the person is driving or in the shower or simply being alone at home. It’s not easy for the family and friends that have to watch and go through the process of seeing someone having a seizure, it’s not a pretty scene and it can affect the people around greatly. Sometimes people are born with this neurological disorder
For me, volunteering for the Peace Corps is an incredible opportunity to assist underprivileged communities while creating positive change in peoples’ lives. An opportunity that defines what it means to be a student at Mercer University. At Mercer University, we are enshrined with the idea of services, services to our community, services to our state and services to people living halfway around the world that truly needs our aid. This selfless service to others is an ideal model of what it means to Mercer Bear and it’s something I believe that could help me during my Peace Corps services. During my time at Mercer University, I had the wonderful opportunity of tutoring students at Rutland High School, which is one of Macon’s Title One Schools
I’m filled with pride every time I get to explain that it was my friends who started this program, my friends and I who are making such an impact on the lives of those with Friedreich’s Ataxia. At the root of the problem, FA is a disease most people have never heard about, let alone give any level of importance to. That changes when 1 of the 1 per 50,000 individuals diagnosed is your close friend - it is slowly but surely attacking Raena’s nervous system, leading her to a wheelchair at 15. Her life will not be cut short at the age of 30, however, if my friends and I have anything to do with it. Through FA4FA, we put on a yearly musical theater showcase featuring local high school students and donate all the proceeds to the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance. It is not an easy undertaking, requiring over 100 hours of rehearsal and coordinating 20 different kids’ schedules – it becomes even more stressful as the choreographer and one of three student leaders, handling all the marketing, promotion, auditioning, finances, and anything else that pertains to running a non-profit at the age of
Being involved in my community has influenced my plans for the future and help me developed new skills. I’ve been an active participant at The Bridge afterschool program for twelve years. As I got older, I found myself volunteering by working one on one with students who have struggled with their reading and math skills. As a part of my work I would read along with students and try to pin point vocabulary words that they may have found difficult to pronounce or understand. Spelling the words out or saying the words repeatedly aloud made reading slightly easier to comprehend passages or books better.
This lesson is designed to review and reinforce a few important concepts about plants (e.g. Needs, parts, sequence of planting) and to also guide the students through applying a few scientific inquiry (e.g. Making observations, experimentation, discussion, reflection, reporting results etc.). The students have previously planted corn and bean seeds and today’s lesson has provided the students a chance to see the results of the planted corn and bean seeds. Additionally, seeds have been planted under and growing under the following conditions: without water, and without soil. The students see the results of these seeds planted under these conditions for the past week. Two plants in particular have already been grown their growth has been