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Community ServiceCommunity Service

By Erica MonsonBy Erica Monson

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What is Community What is Community Service?Service?

Community Community Service is a service Service is a service that one provides that one provides to give back to to give back to their community.their community.

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Why is Community Service Why is Community Service Important to me?Important to me?

Community Service is important to me for Community Service is important to me for several reasons! several reasons!

Community service makes me feel good Community service makes me feel good to know I am helping other people in a to know I am helping other people in a positive way!positive way!

I believe community service builds I believe community service builds character and it also makes me feel good character and it also makes me feel good about myself.about myself.

I believe everyone should do community I believe everyone should do community service to give something back to the service to give something back to the community!community!

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Community Service that I Community Service that I participated in…participated in…

Community service is a big part of my life. I Community service is a big part of my life. I have been doing community service for North have been doing community service for North Star Church since middle school. We helped Star Church since middle school. We helped at food banks and clean up several places. at food banks and clean up several places. This year I have done community service for This year I have done community service for my Freshman Year Experience class. First my Freshman Year Experience class. First Semester I cleaned trash at the park pretty Semester I cleaned trash at the park pretty much all day! I also have been doing much all day! I also have been doing community service at Calvary Children’s community service at Calvary Children’s Home for about two years now! I participated Home for about two years now! I participated in the car wash to raise money for Relay for in the car wash to raise money for Relay for Life. I also cleaned up Brown Hall for some Life. I also cleaned up Brown Hall for some more community service!more community service!

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Car Wash!Car Wash!

I participated in I participated in the car wash the car wash behind Sunny’s to behind Sunny’s to raise money for raise money for Relay for Life!Relay for Life!

We had fun while We had fun while washing the cars washing the cars and holding up and holding up signs on the side of signs on the side of the road!the road!

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Holding the Signs!Holding the Signs!

Ginny and I had Ginny and I had fun standing fun standing outside holding outside holding signs trying to signs trying to attract people to attract people to come get their car come get their car washed!washed!

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We were We were working pretty working pretty hard to get hard to get those cars those cars cleaned!cleaned!

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Calvary Children’s HomeCalvary Children’s Home Ben F. Turner Jr. was the Ben F. Turner Jr. was the

founder of the Calvary founder of the Calvary Children’s Home.Children’s Home.

The first visions for a home The first visions for a home such as Calvary Children’s such as Calvary Children’s home started in Jerusalem, home started in Jerusalem, Israel, while he was leading a Israel, while he was leading a group tour to the Holy Land.group tour to the Holy Land.

A women approached him A women approached him offering him ten dollars for offering him ten dollars for her baby so she could her baby so she could support the other children support the other children she had.she had.

This was a very touching This was a very touching experience for him so he experience for him so he decided to open The Calvary decided to open The Calvary Children’s Children’s

Home.Home.

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How I participated in the How I participated in the Calvary Children’s Home…Calvary Children’s Home…

Working at the Calvary homes was one of the Working at the Calvary homes was one of the most valuable experiences I have ever had while most valuable experiences I have ever had while doing community service.doing community service.

I did plenty of work at the homes. I cleaned up I did plenty of work at the homes. I cleaned up the houses for them. They would have me the houses for them. They would have me vacuum, dust, and organize things at the house.vacuum, dust, and organize things at the house.

I also did outside work in the yard. I picked up I also did outside work in the yard. I picked up trash, planted flowers, and I put ant killer trash, planted flowers, and I put ant killer powder on the ant piles.powder on the ant piles.

Sometimes they would just want me to keep the Sometimes they would just want me to keep the children company. I would watch cartoons with children company. I would watch cartoons with them and we would make brownies! I really them and we would make brownies! I really enjoyed working with the children.enjoyed working with the children.

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Brown Hall Clean up!Brown Hall Clean up!

Brown Hall had a clean up day on Brown Hall had a clean up day on April 23April 23rdrd. .

We cleaned the lobby! We picked up We cleaned the lobby! We picked up all the trash around the lobby and we all the trash around the lobby and we also cleaned all the windows.also cleaned all the windows.

We also cleaned the bathrooms and We also cleaned the bathrooms and the hall ways!the hall ways!

After we cleaned up Brown Hall it After we cleaned up Brown Hall it looked amazing! looked amazing!

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Brown Hall Clean Up!Brown Hall Clean Up!

I was working very I was working very hard to get those hard to get those windows perfectly windows perfectly cleaned!cleaned!

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Brown Hall Clean Up!Brown Hall Clean Up!

Heather and I Heather and I are doing a are doing a really good job really good job at washing those at washing those windows! Brown windows! Brown Hall was Hall was spotless after spotless after we got through we got through with it!!with it!!

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Pizza… Yummy!!Pizza… Yummy!!

After we were all After we were all done cleaning up done cleaning up the messy Brown the messy Brown Hall the RA’s Hall the RA’s bought us all bought us all pizza!pizza!

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What I got out of What I got out of Community Service… Community Service…

I felt better about myself by giving back to I felt better about myself by giving back to the community.the community.

I feel like I have built a lot more positive I feel like I have built a lot more positive character by helping other people!character by helping other people!

Community service has changed my Community service has changed my values and views on many things.values and views on many things.

I will continue to do community service in I will continue to do community service in the future because since I have been the future because since I have been participating in community service I have participating in community service I have had many life changing experiences. had many life changing experiences.

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The End!The End!