Volunteering Personal Statement

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Volunteering is about giving your time and skills, without pay, for the benefits of other, the local community and for yourself. For me, volunteering with youth is what I immensely enjoy. Over the past years I have participated in many activities that benefit today's youth. Including activities involving the Kent County Foster Children, the local elementary schools and most recently Junior Achievement. Junior Achievement, an organization whose purpose is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in the global economy. Correspondingly the past two years I have spent two complete days in an elementary school classroom motivating and qualifying today’s youth on the global economy. Through Junior Achievement participating schools allow for volunteers to come into the classrooms and helping their students to better understand business and economics. Over the past two years I volunteered in the …show more content…

One consists of the idea that one needs to stay committed to commitment to the principles of market-based economics and entrepreneurship. I am able to pursue and display this because when I go to college I plan major accounting and possibly minor in international business, both in which are in relation to market-based economics and entrepreneurship. Another value is the notion that one is to respect the talents, creativity, perspectives, and backgrounds of all individuals. I am able to help seek and exhibit this concept because I am the one that is always open to new ideas and respects all ideas that others have to offer. This value goes with another one of their values, the value of the belief in the power of partnership and collaboration. When working in groups, one has to accept ideas and learn to negotiate. I help display the idea of the power of partnership because I enjoy the idea partaking in group work and conversing with others on our different

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