SMAS 2018-2019 Student Council gave an outstanding presentation at the CCAE 2019 Bay Section Conference. The title of their presentation was "Expanding Leadership Opportunities for Students." Here is Simone Coelho's section about community volunteering.
Hello Everyone,
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Today, I am going to talk to you about leadership and opportunities through community volunteering.
Community volunteering is when an individual applies to work serving their neighborhood and community by doing specific tasks.
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Volunteers play a very important role in their communities doing good for others and making things happen.
They are role models for their neighbors, friends, and family.
Volunteers are good example of guidance, respect and effort.
There are many benefits a volunteer can gain by doing this type of work such as:
Gaining new skills and the feeling of accomplishment by helping others.
Bringing a positive impact to their community based on the reflection of their good work.
Leading by example so others notice and may want to become a volunteer.
Volunteers have the opportunity to develop good communication skills while interacting with people which leads to more confidence, relationship building, and teamwork.
There are many places you can help within your community like:
Volunteer at a local library by helping at the front desk, organizing books or reading at kids’ book clubs.
Volunteers are always needed at local schools.
Become a member of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) to be prepared to help yourself and others in the event of a disaster.
Volunteers can offer to drive for people who can not drive for themselves, work at charitable kitchens preparing and serving meals or at local Food Banks.
At San Mateo Adult School, volunteers play important leadership by:
Demonstrating servant leadership in the evening hot meal service - Every Thursday night, student council leaders, student volunteers and staff gather together to serve free dinner for students.
The garden club - volunteers work in a sustainable way to cultivate the school community garden, grow and harvest organic produce which is then sold to the school community through a weekly school farmers market at affordable prices.
This provides an added benefit of good health and nutrition to the school community.
Student council class representatives - Once a month, San Mateo Adult School classes send representatives to the student council meetings to participate in the planning of future activities and have their voices heard and votes recorded in the decision making process of the student government.
The next day following the meetings, leader representatives report the minutes of these meetings and decisions to their class.
These are just some of the leadership opportunities available in both our schools and the greater community.
Remember, as a volunteer and servant leader, always choose to work with what you like to do and enjoy giving back to your community.
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