Youth Forward – Scholarship Opportunity for Exemplary Volunteers

After attending the FFA Washington Leadership Conference, I was inspired to do a community service project in my hometown. There is only 1 book for every 300 children in low-income areas. I wanted to change that. I was able to collect 2,400 books for children of low-income families in Neillsville, Loyal, and inner-city Milwaukee.

During my first year at Spelman College, I was provided with the opportunity to mentor and tutor elementary school students from the West End community in Atlanta, Georgia. I went into this experience expecting to educate and teach community youth. I never expected for the youth to teach me.

In my essay I talk about how volunteering at the elementary school level has affected me and what I have learned from my experience.

Volunteering at Camp Jenny as a way to help break the cycle of poverty for inner city Atlanta kids every Memorial Day weekend.

I love helping people become successful, seeing them smile and making them happy, knowing that helping others be the best they can be and knowing I made a difference makes me happy and keeps me going every day.

This essay describes my experience donating eyeglasses to those in need. It goes into depth about my love for volunteering and helping others.

This essay touches on my most valuable community service experience-- OP Camp.

At eighteen years old, I finished high school a semester early and moved to Guatemala for three months to volunterily teach English as a second language full time.

I love to help others. I have artistic skills I hope to enhance in college. Those skills will not only allow me to have a career doing what I love, but also give me more opportunities to help people in need.

I volunteer as a teacher's assistant in jazz and tap classes at my childhood dance studio, Dance World. Over the last 4 years, I have had the opportunity to meet and collaborate with over 40 young girls, discovering the differing paces at which they learn, and how that knowledge can be applied to my growth as a cooperative human being.

This is my story of my past volunteering and one of my favorite service projects, a clothing drive for Puerto Rican Refugees after Hurricane Maria, which will stick with me forever. Thank you for reading!

My volunteer experience through LearnServe Student Travel Abroad

Please enjoy my essay and learn why I love my volunteer work at the Davie Police Athletic League so much.

I volunteered in the Dominican Republic for 3 weeks during the summer of 2017 as a children's education advocate.

I believe that our talents are given to us from God and should be used to make a difference in the world. Since I was eight years old, I have been using performing arts as a platform to raise money for families affected by pediatric cancer.

Working with people who have disabilities through equestrian riding is inspiring and brings utmost happiness to my life. Treat everyone with kindness, regardless of your differences.

A reflection on volunteering at a hospital.

Teaching Natural Wonders to the Next Generation describes my time as a Student Leader at Outdoor Science School.

How volunteering has changed me and those I serve.

This essay showcases the unparalleled impact that the Boy Scouts of America has had on my ability to serve my community.

This essays explains my dedication of the health of community as a volunteer EMT. In my town, I ride on the ambulance and respond to calls on average, 16 hours a week. I have been involved in this spectrum of my community since May 2016. This experience as taught me the benefits of better one's self while also benefitting present and future generations.

I wrote about my experience living in a rural Paraguayan community for 8 weeks and facilitating a community development project while there.

My musical volunteering and performing experiences with chamber music.

How organizing an Art Show for the Center for Children helped me gain closure for my past and helped me become a part of something bigger than myself.

Feeding the homeless and less privileged as a volunteer at North Texas Food Bank

In my essay, I focus on teaching children with limited access to education at the hospital

My essay follows my first habitual volunteering program, which provided low-income children the chance to play an organized sport.

I put together a benefit concert for those affected by last years hurricanes. I wanted so badly to help those affected and in my efforts I ended up helping someone that I didn't even knew needed help.