Most Recent Community Service Articles

I admit I have officially become a crazy cat lady. It was the end of my eighth grade year, and I only completed half of the required 20 community service hours. Nine months passed, and now I had absolutely no clue how I would meet the deadline.... (more »)

Jack is a 10-year-old who changed my life. I met him three years ago, when I was without a care in the world for anyone but myself. Today, I have a totally different perspective. I'm not perfect. I'm not selfless. However, Jack turned my life... (more »)

Community Service I find that community service is the noble action towards helping society. It gives me a great deal of self-accomplishment and peace of mind knowing that I have made a positive difference in my community. If we banded... (more »)

“Make the four, then pull the thread up, and do that again.” I was teaching a group of second-grade girls how to make a friendship bracelet. They had seen it on my wrist and begged me to show them. It had been ten months since I started my... (more »)

Volunteerism, in its conceptual form, includes the individual or collective efforts of willing individuals, known as volunteers, to act in ways which work toward the betterment of oneself, other individuals, communities, or society. This... (more »)

“I want to go home … but I can't … I can't handle school anymore!!! I just want to go somewhere far away from this world where there aren't any schools, homework, and mean teachers.” When I first found this note, my gut clenched and my... (more »)

My school goes and helps out at this food place called the Inn of the Good Shepherd. We go there two times a year. It is a great way to feel that you are helping the world be a better place one step at a time. The Inn is a place where people who... (more »)

I look up at Mommy. She grins down at me, asking me what I will get at the diner today. “I don’t know,” I reply. In my mind I am going through the menu. We come here almost every day. I know the menu almost by heart. Mommy is gripping my... (more »)

I have worked to make schools safe for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) youth for the past three years. Initially, my own coming out experience as a lesbian teen motivated me to make schools more welcoming for gay teens. I still have... (more »)

In our world today it is hard for a high school student in lower classes such as freshman, sophomore, or juniors to be heard by adults because they still see us as kids since we can’t vote. Well, what if I told you that there was a way for us to... (more »)