Get Involved!
By: Camry Love
Why?
America today, is the fattest country in the world; and about 75% of kids, especially in high school contribute to this. Why? because kids get lazy, eat more, and have emotional and physical problems. They go through depression, sadness, happiness, loneliness, and everything else that makes their life horrible. Since there is about 30 clubs and 20 sports to choose from at school, why not join them? You meet new people and can make life long friends. Yes, you may not feel comfortable with everyone one on the first day, but the more you're interacting with other kids, the better you become as a person. With extracurricular activities, it shows you're being involved, active, and possibly giving back to the community. A lot of clubs do community service. Community service is a great way to be involved. As for me, I am not in any clubs but I do volunteer at Avon's YMCA. The YMCA loves volunteers. It is great to put on a resumes, job and college applications. Plus the benefits just for being a volunteer are great. You get awards such as a plaque, free passes, coupons, and able to do a lot of activities at the Y for free.
Start!
If you don't do anything at school, there is always stuff to do in your community. A few places to get involved are: food pantries,the local library, or trying to help raise money for a fundraiser. What I do to be involved in my community is volunteer at the Hendricks YMCA. Being in the community, playing a sport, or joining a club will benefit yourself and everyone else around you. Your work and dedication never goes unnoticed. In my opinion, if you know what you like and dislike, you will get a great start to becoming involved.
Volunteer!
Like it was stated in the last paragraph, just for being a volunteer, won't go unnoticed. You will receive great benefits and you're making a difference. Be involved, keeps you off the couch and from watching television, playing video games for an extensive amount of hours, and giving up social media for a while, and staying out of trouble. It is proven more kids that become part of an organization will get in less trouble. Getting into trouble in the law with the law is popular with most teens today. To reduce the amount of trouble makers in the community, be involved in something that won't risk your health, mind, and emotional stability.
Awards!
By being involved in any extracurricular activity can earn you rewards. Receiving awards for your hard work and dedication looks really good on resumes, job and college applications. Those type of things stand out to the people who are reviewing to the application. Any award such as a plaque, certificate, or trophy will never go unnoticed. That is why you should try to join a club or play a sport back in high school. Getting involved pays off in your senior year. If a high school senior is thinking about going to a university or 4 year college, those schools are going to want to know what have they have regarding extracurricular activities or something you done have done to help the community.
Helping out!
If the clubs in school don't interest or you're not much of a sports player, try volunteering at your local library, YMCA, or a charity place to help other people. You will make a huge difference and be beneficial to the community. A lot of good things come out of volunteering your time. You meet new people, learn new things, set and achieve goals, and become a better person as a whole.
Make a difference!
Since I like being around kids, the best place to be with them is in the child watch at the YMCA. The YMCA has an awesome atmosphere for the kids. It is a great, fun, playful area and learning environment for them. My job as a volunteer is to play with the kids and help out with small stuff that the staff needs. Sometimes they childwatch area is short staffed,so with me being there helps because they have an extra person.
Crafts and Activites!
At the YMCA, I get to do crafts and activities with kids. For them it keeps them busy and stops them from behaving badly. The crafts and activities we do with the kids benefits them in many ways. It increases their large and gross motor skills. They can learn what certain shapes or colors are and etc. The kids like to experiment with the crafts and make things to take home. The most smiles come from when they have something fun to do with hands while they can make it themselves. Just by volunteering can make a difference. As for me I am helping and benefiting the kids.
Reading!
Reading time is sometimes a child's favorite(depending on the age). Younger children from ages 1-3 are less likely to pay attention to a book as much as a child age 5 or up will. Reading to a child helps them grow. As for me, during my volunteering hours, I at least read one book to some of the kids.. depending on how old they are. The books help them understand basic stuff we know today. Being involved can get you to learn things also. The more you are involved, the better you become with your surroundings.
Explore!
In the child watch center, obviously there is a play area-inside and outside. What kid doesn't like to play? For my job as a volunteer is to interact with the kids. Being involved in some of their "conversions" is a great way to get to know who the kids are. They all have different personalities and are unique in some way. I also get to interact with the people who work there. I didn't know anyone when I started volunteering, but the more I volunteered helped me become more familiar with the employees. Being involve helps your social skills and interactions with others.
Get involved!!
Almost every week there is always something new at the YMCA for the kids to increase their learning in a fun way. By being teaching and talking to them can help them grow. Being involved with them is a good way to help them grow. As a volunteer, my help and dedication never goes unnoticed. Just by being there can help a whole lot and make a difference. This is why kids in high school who don't work, sit at home in front of the t.v. all day eating, have no social life and interaction with real people but Instagram and Facebook, lazy, careless, and breaking laws should get out and be more involved- whether it is in school or the community!