Community service is an action that is invaluable, when people engage in community service they are doing a selfless act which can sometimes never be repaid. According to an article written on TIME.com the reason why people are volunteering now more than ever is because many believe that the government and public sphere are broken and therefore find it to be within their own duty to do something. Public volunteering is very important in this nation, as a result of public volunteering people can live easier lives because they are gaining outside help from others. Community service is also good in raising nationalism within nation, people will feel a stronger sense of unity and the moral of the nation will increase as well. Community service is something that everyone can gain from including the people who are engaging in it. Although community service may take up time in one’s day it can benefit that person because when a person engages in community service they are increasing their notoriety as a good person. A person who contributes in community service can also develop relationships with other who are engaging in community service, whether it’s people who are receiving the support or other who are contributing aid and those connections can open a lot of doors in one’s future.
I believe that leadership isn’t very important in community service but rather organization and unity is. In order for people to do a good job in community service they need to be organized and united under a common or similar goal. I don’t believe leadership is important because community service is something that should be done out of the kindness of one’s heart so that they do a better job, if someone else is instructing others on how to do help others than those who are following will not do as good a job because the aid they are providing is ingenuine.
A way in which volunteerism and civic participation can be boosted on campus is by making it a requirement in order to graduate. Another way in which civic participation can be boosted on campus is by making it more well known to the students, many students actually want to engage in community service but they don’t know how or what to do.
