Community Service Essay

I spent 10 hours of volunteer work, involving myself in the American Red Cross for the blood drive. Myself and other volunteers dedicated our time and effort to support people in need. I also spent my time after school helping out with our schools spirit, and made flyers for our schools events.


From Fowler website :
" Mission: Fowler High School recognizes that each student is an individual; that all students are creative; that all students need to succeed. Therefore, Fowler High School respects the individual needs of students; fosters a caring and creative environment; and emphasizes the social, emotional, physical, intellectual development of each student."

  "The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States. The American Red Cross offers services in five other areas: community services that help the needy; communications services and comfort for military member and their family members; the collection, processing and distribution of blood and blood products; educational programs on preparedness, health, and safety; and international relief and development programs." (www.redcross.com, 1/22/15)

I had many task to do for this blood drive.  The first task, I went around the school and asked all the students, including staff to sign up for the blood drive. I stayed after school and hung flyers around, to inform everyone that we will be having a blood drive. The flyers included the date and time we will be having this event and how important it is to donate and help someone in need. There were plenty of students and staff that were kind enough to sign up and actually follow through and show to make a donation.

On the day of the drive,  I was in charge of escorting people to their appointments. I also had to make sure they understood what they signed up for, asked if they've done a donation before, and I gave them the proper fluids and snacks to help them stay hydrated. i made sure that they felt safe. I talked to each individual about any questions they wanted me to clarify with them, made sure they were not nervous about anything and i kept them calm.

During this event i had to learn some very important rules, simple but very important. There is a bell that sits on the desk, and is not to be used unless someone is in need of help. The bell lets people know that someone needs medical attention fast. So it is important that no one plays around with the bell because it causes mixed signals and is also a distraction to the workers and is not something to be careless and insensitive to. I also learned that when a patient is done being assisted, the volunteer is supposed to make sure that they sit down and take a break for at least five minutes so that they don't pass out. If the patient does not cooperate with the instruction that are being asked of them, you are to make it mandatory that they immediately sit down. When it comes to beverages and snacks, you should always be cautious about the amount you give each person, so that you have enough to give to each person who is being assisted. And when in a working environment, you need to make sure that you know that you can control the way you retaleate to your peers if a bad situation occurred.

One memorable experience was one a fellow student volunteer rang the bell......

This was an amazing experience being able to help someone who really needs it. I am very proud of my peers that helped out as well as myself, we reached are goal of donations and even went over which was more than needed but a good source of team, work and it shows the effort that was put into this event. I feel as though we did an outstanding job and was very pleasing. Community services is a good way to get involved with the community and have fun while doing so. I would recommend my community service to anyone who wants to help and is serious about our community.

Community Service

Community Service

Students should place their community service reflection here.

  To better help you organize and write this paper in order to earn full credit for the assignment, the reaction paper must include the following topic and information. 
I. Introduction
II.    Profile of the organization(s) you worked for. Who are they? What do they do to serve the community? When do they provide their services? Where do they provide their services? Why is there a need for their services?
III. The mission statement of the organization. (If you worked for a structured organization not an individual) (hint: look up the mission statement on the organization's website
III.  Description of the specific tasks you performed for he organization or individual
IV.  Discuss any memorable personal experience; positive or negative, you had during your service that you feel were important.    How these tasks impacted the mission of the organization or the well-being of the individual?
VI.  Conclusion:  Your personal reactions to the act of performing community service    Positive and/or negative reactions Do you feel you made a difference? Why or why not. What impact do you believe community service has on our society? Would you recommend your community service opportunity(ies) to other students Why or why not?
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 Formatting requirements for the paper General Requirements: 500 - 750 words in length Word processed in 12 pt size font Accepted fonts: Times or Times New Roman Margins: 1-inch top, bottom, left & right Double spaced
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Here is one student's community service draft  reflection. Use   http://yashoda2.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html