Key Club's Role In Combating Homeless

My community service experience at All Souls Friday Soup Kitchen taught me the impoverished population of New York City and myself. The volunteer work pushed me to better myself in several areas. Serving the diners helped me expand my social skills with fellow workers and customers by forcing me to communicate with others. Also, setting up and deconstructing the dining room helped grow my management skills by having me order where the plates, mugs, etc. should be placed. Most importantly, working at the kitchen helped humanize the poor population of New York City for me. Often on the subway and on the sidewalk, I try my hardest to avoid the homeless man or woman begging for money, acting like they didn’t exist. Gratefully, my experience at

My job was to help separate and bag certain foods. A local pizza place donated a few boxes of pizza, which I bagged into singles for the homeless, which lacked cooking measures. We also separated fresh veggies, into two different size Ziploc bags, for different size families. On the 3rd floor, an older couple would bag food, according to a system they had in place. They would bag enough to fill a shelf; this made it easier when people came in. All the volunteers had to do was, take a bag that was about the size of the family

A Homeless Task Force was created by the Mayor of Sidney, Ohio. He saw that there were homeless citizens who were suffering in the cold. He created a Task Force in order to start programming and community services for these individuals.

In High School, I was involved in Key Club for 4 years. To be honest, when I first heard of Key Club I thought it was just an organization that collected “keys”. So I decided to go to the first meeting where I learned that Key Club members actually gave back to the community by being actively involved in community events and organizing service projects. During my junior year of high school, I served as the Secretary of the club. As Secretary, I compiled the number of hours that each of the 150+ members served each month at various events. Over the year, I realized that while our club was large, only a small group of members were active and attended the service events. In order to take more action, during my senior year, I became President and

BETA Club and National Honor Society promote academic excellence and service, therefore I have helped in several events. For example, I gathered boxes filled with toys for impoverished children. Also, I helped host a dinner to honor local veterans in an effort to give thanks to those who have sacrificed everything in the name of service. Interact Club has also given me ample opportunities to help my community, from setting up a food drive to making blankets for Project Linus. These clubs instilled a strong sense of service within me and motivated me to find more ways to which to help my town.

Ever since I joined Key Club my sophomore year of high school, I realized that it was not only a club that sparked my interest, but a way of life dedicated to serving those around you. Key Club broadens one’s view and perspective of community service. I remember and know of people that talk about community service as a sort of requirement, which would look well on a college application. Although true, Key Club allows one to realize the significance and importance of serving communities. Enhanced by dedicated and committed members, James Taylor High School Key Club has been a crucial aspect in my realization of the true meaning of community service, as I’m sure has been to many others. Key Club has taught me numerous skills and ideas that will

As a teen, I had the opportunity to volunteer on a summer mission trip that focused on serving the homeless population in San Francisco. Stricken by poverty and drug addictions the Tenderloin District was unlike anything I had ever seen. Instead of passing judgment or feeling intimidated, I chose to serve these people with compassion and respect. What I experienced during this time was transformational and helped to direct me on a pathway towards service.

I have participated in the program Lunch Is Served, held at the First United Methodist Church in Sioux Falls. The goal of this program is to gather volunteers to pack lunches to aid the working poor, ultimately fixing the major hunger problem in Sioux Falls. I have attended this volunteer opportunity five times, and plan to volunteer again in the future. Essentially, those who participate pack as many brown paper bag lunches as possible in a streamlined fashion. Included in the bag is usually various nutritious snacks and a wrapped sandwich that will be given to those in need. My experiences there was very humbling, due to the fact that it made me realize the impact one person can have on the community. All it takes is a half hour of

Many people do community service, in and out of school. However, many haven't had the event opportunities I've had in the past. For this reason I am grateful for being a member of Key Club. Through my Key Club experience I have been able to assist families who have had to dealt with cancer and abuse. In the month of October alone, I have been able to to attend two walks for cancer. The first walk I attended was the Annual Believe Walk, hosted at Redlands. Waking up at 4:30am and volunteering with such an amazing organization might have been one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had the pleasure to experience. The second was the Light the Night Leukemia and Lymphoma Walk, hosted at Fontana. Attending this walk was a different experience

While programs dealing with the homeless community, many Americans still oppose such initiatives that benefit this cause. They believe the homeless should not receive any assistance such as free shelters, food, and other resources, because they are a product of their way of living because of poor life choices such as lack of education, drug, and alcohol abuse. Many argue the standard upon which homelessness continues to exist is because help cannot be given to those who do not want the help, which makes the principle flawed. Otherwise, they would not be homeless and panhandling, or at the least, they themselves would find the help and not be homelessness. Reforming a homeless person and can be achieved, but will eventually return to the same

I’m a member of the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry program and the Seasonal Homeless Banquets program. These programs help providing food, hot meals and drink to the hungry and homeless people in New York city. This experience taught me that it is not only about providing hungry people food they need,but also it's about showing them that they are part of a larger community that recognizes them, that cares about them, and respects

In America, we all try to ignore the biggest problem in our country, which is

Throughout my life, I’ve always had an immense interest in helping others. Being involved in the National Charity League for 5 years has given me the opportunity to be involved with charities that I otherwise would’ve never known about. I’ve had the privilege to help with over b charities in and around my community throughout my years as an NCL member. By far my favorite would have to be Grace’s Feed Our Kids that I have volunteered at every summer since my start in NCL. Through this charity, we are able to provide lunches and fun games to underprivileged kids in Grapevine during the unbearably hot Texas summer days. Each day we serve different meals, either donated from local restaurants or homemade by my NCL class, and have a variety of things for the kids to do, like coloring, water guns,

According to The Homelessness Research Institute: “On a single night in January 2015, 564,708 people were experiencing homelessness — meaning they were sleeping outside or in an emergency shelter or transitional housing program.” To decrease, and put an end to high rates of homelessness, housing homeless people will be more efficient and logical than making them stay in shelters or on the street. Studies have discovered that single adults and low-income families with children are “grouped together as homeless.” Rosanne Haggerty, the president and chief executive officer of Community Solutions stated, “The cheapest, most assured way to end homelessness turns out to be deceptively simple: provide homeless Americans, many of whom struggle with disability, mental illness, or life threatening health conditions, with stable homes.” In the 1990s, Ms. Haggerty developed supportive housing buildings for homeless New Yorkers and “found that even people with mental illness and addictions could remain in housing with the right combination of supportive services.” A study done by Dennis Culhane in 2002, confirmed the supportive

Another meaningful experience that sticks out to me is when I regularly volunteered at a children’s homeless shelter in Roxbury, Mass. for two years, and was reminded of the fact that the statistics we hear every day about homelessness are real people – not just numbers. Every child I played alongside,