Elks Essay

A day that I will always appreciate is the day that I stepped up to be a leader for my service learning project. We were given the task to go out into the community and find an issue we felt we could help change or doing something that we felt the community needed. I found what the community needed, which was a garden for the students of Smith Ridge Elementary to use and that the community would be able to use. I met with teachers from that area and we went over what kind of plans that they wanted for their garden. I took those ideas and designed a garden that they were happy with.

 I recruited students from my school to come and help out with the construction of the garden. It felt great to get students from my school and from the elementary school to come out and work together. I felt like a good leader because I just didn't tell them what they needed to do I also did the work with them which made the feeling of being out there even more fulfilling because I got the satisfaction of helping with the design and the building of the garden. It was very inspiring for me because I was able to take knowledge from my studies and apply them to really world applications and help out the community. I learned that I have skills that I can offer to the community to help make it a better one for the kids of the future. In making this garden there are many thing that the kids can learn from it, such as healthy eating, agriculture, social skills and plenty more. It did not only help the kids with their future but also with mine by showing that I do like to do design work, which has opened my eyes to wanting to further my education in design

.It has also made me more aware for my community and how I can keep helping it now and in the future. This was a wonderful experience for me because it really brought me out of my shell and helped me to step up and take charge of my life and has helped me to be more of a leader than I have been in the past. I am proud to be able to say that I have become a leader with the things in my life because most people never really go for being a leader even when their opportunity comes around and for me to be able to say that I did choose to be a leader is a magnificent thing.