2903 Community Service
Self-Reflection
1. I
was volunteering in future center for special needs. I started my volunteering
job on October 12, 2015. I was working on Mondays and Thursdays for 2 hours
from 8 to 10 am each day. I was doing my duties and responsibilities as a
volunteer. My duties were helping kids to learn new numbers and letters reading
and writing. Taking care of them and training them to be organized as much ad
possible, which were my responsibilities.
2. The
volunteering is thing that develops the person’s personality and changes his
habits to better once. In my experience, the best part for me was meeting the
children for the first time. I liked their reaction about me and how did they
love me. But that toke time from them to get used to me. The best part also is
when I come every morning and the kids welcoming me with hugs. Making them get
used to me was the greatest challenge I faced. Especially as kids between 6 to
10 years old, which is a hard age to deal with.
3. This
experience contributed to support the community by giving without taking. When
I was a volunteer I wasn’t waiting for anything to earn because the meaning of
volunteering more than money, it’s giving. Actually, the volunteering targets
are reducing the problems that facing the community. The volunteers will help
the stuff to do more work than they did alone with less money. Volunteering
develops the spirit of partnership. That will help the community to be more
cooperative and together.
4. All
in all, this experience has changed many things in my thought and my
personality. I was worried and scared about how I will deal with special needs
children and I was wondering if they would accept me or not. They taught me how
I help other people tirelessly and I became more helpful and pure heart person.
If the time returned back, I will be more on time everyday
and I will change my thinking about special needs people because they are
normal people. They like to meet new people and they are funny and active even more
than us. I hope that I can volunteer again in future center. I loved this
experience, the kids and stuff. I will really miss them. But also I prefer to
volunteer somewhere else to get more different and multiple experiences.
