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Community Involvement

My mom was always big on making sure we helped out within the community. It looks great on college applications and also helps those in need. I started early, in fifth grade, my school was integrated with special needs children. I spent my recess playing with one girl, Tracey. She was such a wonderful person and she enriched my life. In my town we have a camp, it ranges over the summer for children with needs so they don't lose what they learned over the summer months. Camp Beadleston. You had to be 15 to work as a counselor there, but my teacher was so impressed with my work with Tracey over the school year, I went before the board of education and became the first volunteer counselor and once old enough I worked there every summer until I left for college. In high school, I had to do an internship for my senior year and I decided to work with underprivileged children teaching them dance and singing lessons. Again, what started out as an unpaid internship turned into a part-time job that I still do today. My class sizes have changed but our motto "Everyone can be a star" still holds true today.

Going away to college I knew I wanted to keep my community service going. So I was asked to join Phi Sigma Sigma. At Rider University, we adopted The National Kidney Foundation as our personal philanthropy. We held annual auctions to raise money to support our local chapter and our philanthropy. I am still very much involved with my sorority and I try to attend as many events as I can to help out my local chapter.


 

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