Community Service Essay

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I believe that community service and volunteerism are very important. The best thing a person can donate is their time. I feel it is every individual's responsibility to help others in their community and beyond. Community service is an act of selfless service in helping out your community and environment. To me community service is the act of helping out the economy and people in need who need or cannot help themselves. In ROTC last year, we went and volunteered at the Children’s Home. To me that was great experience because seeing the children who are not as fortunate as I am, it was heartwarming to see the smiles on their faces and the change in attitude they had when we were there playing with them and just having a great time. The community service that stands to me the most to me is donating money and food to the less fortunate. To me helping others who cannot help themselves is very important because we know that they are not doing so well. To me donating to charity is great because knowing that the less fortunate are getting as much as we are, or close to it, we feel accomplished in ourselves and have a great attitude towards the world around us. One, it would take the focus off me and make me more aware of the world and people around me. Today it seems that everybody is so wrapped up in themselves and material items that they lose sight of the things in life that truly make you happy. Just the good feelings you get when you are able to help somebody out are more rewarding than a paycheck. I also feel it would help me develop better leadership skills organizing fund raising, food drives, etc. It is difficult for many people to work as a team and compromise their ideas. So we work together as a team to help and provide things the people we know do not have the lifestyle or as much wealth and family and love as we do. It is important to know when
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