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Why I Give Back to the Community Essay

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"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
- Winston Churchill

I see community service as the key element to my future. I believe that each person should leave the world a little better than how they found it. Community service has held a huge part of my life already. I currently am very involved with a program called Candlelighters. Candlelighters is a program that works with cancer patients and their families. As a part of the Candlelighters program I have seen many children lose their lives to cancer. Each child has left a mark on my heart, and I am a better person for knowing them.

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My gift is in teaching. I have not only personally been the beneficiary of great teaching, but I am fortunate to say that my mother is one of the greatest I have ever witnessed. I have seen the impact that she has made on thousands of students that have walked through her door. I have also seen the countless unpaid hours she has given to her students. She has been their friend, confidant, and mentor. I only wish that I can live up to her legacy.

I have many personal goals that I hope to accomplish during and after my college education experience. One of my main goals is to carry the community service projects I have been participating in to college. I would love to work with cancer patients, tutor children at a local school, teach a Sunday School class at a local church, work with Habitat for Humanity, and countless other activities. I know that I probably will not have time to accomplish all the goals that I have for college, but I know I can conquer some of them, and I will.

I have a great deal of confidence that given the chance I will accomplish much in college. My parents are hard-working people who make a little too much for financial aid but not enough to completely further my education. I have worked extremely hard all through high school to make the top grades. My grades are very good, but not the best of my class. I have been an officer of many organizations such as: Student Council, Interact, Forensics, Fellowship of Christian

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