When providing a community service, it is important to be aware of the people being served and the impact it will have on them. Being a volunteer can be a key to open a person’s door towards empowerment. It encourages you to gain social responsibility. Building strong communities allows every citizen to thrive in the world we live in. Community service provides many benefits for individuals who volunteer, the organizations that provide services and humanity as a whole. Selfless acts give individuals an influential role in the community and can offer skilled personnel to support a purposeful cause.
Community service allows for the continuous delivery of critical services in our community and the people it serves. Volunteers’ will find that volunteering benefits not only to their own health, wellbeing and emotional welfare, their contributions can also have the same effect on the people they are serving. A person who is lacking will find they can build a sense of gratification, purpose and success in their life as they deliver a positive impact on the lives of others. It helps many people to develop skills and grow in their life and work experience. This can be especially beneficial when opportunities for growth in life or employment might be limited. Volunteers will broaden their opportunities by building social networks, meeting new people and bettering their community through transforming the lives of others.
However, when community service is forced it has the possibility of creating the opposite effect. I can build resentment, causing people to lack in their efforts and in return leaves the people in need of a service at a disservice. This may leave them feeling more helpless than they felt before and creating more despair in their lives.
I believe I will Learn more about the real-world environment and find new ways to provide positive change within my community. I will improve my interpersonal experiences and be encouraged to self-reflect on my own personal values and motivations in life through my community service experience. I feel I will build a closer connection so as to bond more with my community through this commitment I am making. I will think more critically and be a better problem solver in certain situations. Identifying the challenges will strengthen my cognitive development, allowing me to be more aware of the social issues that exist. I hope to develop new ideas, so that I may be of better service in my professional career. Being an active citizen in my community and experiencing social issues first-hand will help transform the my views in a positive way.
This opportunity will be more than just reading from a text book or being lectured to in a classroom. It will be more likely to impact me by giving me new ideas through experience than if I was just told about them. Being directly involved directly in a cause I will be more motivated to make a difference in people’s lives and may become more passionate in the career field I am choosing. I believe I will better define my place in society and how my actions can make a difference in the lives of others. Working with people from different ethnicities and statuses will cause me to gain more tolerance and greater awareness of the issues being faced. I believe this will encourage me to become active citizen not only in my own communities, but to others around the world as well. Not only is it my hope to develop myself in positive ways, but I want to be able to encourage others to give back by influencing them through my actions and not just my words. In the end, I will receive a glimpse into the reality of social issues that so many turn a blind eye to.
