Community Service

For my community service involvement I connected with a certain organization called i-Shine. It’s geared towards nurturing young children who have at least one immediate family member suffering from cancer or some other type of serious illness. A volunteers’ job there is to give the child they set you up with, 4.5 hours worth of undivided, special, one-on-one, attention, which they’re lacking in their own homes.  Since their families are so tied up with aiding the sick member, they often unavoidably neglect some of these young children because they simply just don’t have the time. Therefore these children come here so they could have a few hours a week to shine themselves. I was paired up with a 7 yr old girl whom I instantly formed a bond with. I helped her with her homework, played a few games, and had dinner with her. I think she impacted me more than I even impacted her. Therefore I have made a commitment to help out there one a month.