My Community Service

By Hillary Miles

What is Service Learning?

• Service-learning--• Combines service objectives with learning

objectives • Changing the recipient and the provider of the

service• This is accomplished by combining service

tasks with structured opportunities• This links self-reflection, self-discovery, and

comprehension of values, skills, and knowledge content.

Why is Community Service Important?

• Being part of the community• Helping others that are not as fortunate• Meeting new people• Networking• To have fun• To use skills and knowledge in real life

situations– It's the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you

would have others do unto you."

Service Learning Stats

• 712,000 college students had participated in service

• 12.2% of University faculty were offering service-learning courses

• 6,272 service-learning courses were taught

• 9% required service-learning courses for graduation

• Source: www.servicelearning.org

• Habitat is a non-profit Christian housing ministry

• Volunteer labor, donations of money and materials

• Habitat builds simple and decent houses in their community

Martin Luther King Build

• January 15, 2007– In honor of MLK– A house built for a local family – OUR JOBS

• Hammer nails into roof• Hold ladders for people• Hand out water for the volunteers

Me and Erica on the ladders ready to hammer

Me hammering nails in the house

• Hammering the nails in the house was a difficult task!

• We had to hammer through metal and hold the nail in place to keep the roof from blowing away

• Most of the time I would hit my OWN finger nail instead of the actual one! OUCH!!!

Erica hammering Nails!

• Even though we looked like bugs; We had to wear protective glasses so we would not be hit by any debris

• Must Ministry's 10th annual 5K run

• A Thanksgiving morning run

• Benefits go towards Must Ministries

• MY JOBS WERE:– Organizing bags for

runners that included: T-shirt, water bottle, coupons and other donated items

– Checking in runners and giving them their numbers

– Making sure everyone was taken care of

Big Shanty Elementary School

• GOAL: Raise money for the PTA

• Me and Erica’s Jobs

• Handing out drinks to the volunteers and Carnival participants while collecting their tickets

• Putting Ice in the buckets to keep the drinks cold

• Helping at certain stations

Me and Erica at Big Shanty Elementary School

Here I am giving a Coke to a man at the carnival before we were really

busy (he loved us!)

It was hard trying to find the right drink!

Me and Erica helping the kids get a hole in one! If the got a hole in one they would get

their tickets back!

The line for Hotdogs, Hamburgers, and Drinks!

What do I think about Community Service?

• Community Service is and was an excellent way for me to meet new people

• Not only was I able to help others but I was having fun while doing it

• There are so many interesting and loving people helping others and I am lucky to have met them

If I could do it Again…

• I’d do it the same!!!• I would defiantly do Community Service

again

• Even though sometimes it is hard to get out there once you do it, it is so much fun

• I felt really good about myself after helping others enjoying themselves

The End!