Volunteering People Scholarship Essay

For the People Helping People scholarship, I feel I have aptly demonstrated my character and integrity through my volunteer work. I first started volunteering for my senior project during my junior year of highschool at a local pre-k. During that time I racked up a total of forty-five volunteer hours. I honestly can say I enjoyed every one of those hours, but at that time I had no idea how much a difference they would make in my life.
My senior year, I, unfortunately, did not have time in my schedule to volunteer, but was happy to get back to it this year. As of right now I have a total of fifty-three hours of volunteer time for my first semester. My ultimate goal right now is to get one hundred hours of volunteer time at the pre-k before
It is always fun to know that you are helping a kid a fellow student learn, or in the food pantry’s case that you are helping others when they need it. Volunteering has also helped me become more adaptable because you can always experience something new and have to be able to keep up and roll with it. Volunteering teaches you to be more patient because you can get to know many different types of people and understand what their struggles are and how to work with different types of people too.
I think my volunteering showcases my character the best, in that in order to work with people, like I have, you have to be patient and understanding of others and what they may need. As for integrity I have always prided myself for working hard on my school work, maintaining my grades, and for branching out with my extracurriculars. In tutoring I have always been honest with the students I tutor and do work outside of the scheduled tutor time to ensure that I have done all that I can do to help them succeed. Knowing I have done my best to help someone makes me feel fulfilled and encouraged to keep