During my volunteer program at Hialeah Hospital, I learned that the foundation of volunteerism is not giving back, but the desire and drive to give back through implementing core principles in the work I do. While everyone is capable of arranging equipment and cleaning entire rooms, very few add a humanitarian taste to their assignments. Every time I was cleaning a room but saw the family of patients lost or looking for someone to translate for them, my mother’s words of adding love to what I do guide me to stop what I was doing to help those around me. It is my objective to continue my volunteer work through these principles. Giving back to the community is essential to grow as a person and realize that the world is not only composed of what I see but of struggles that can be alleviated through collective work. The community where I come from has provided me with endless opportunities to follow my passions inside and outside of my school, which is why it is an honor to give back and to support the cycle of help many students, like myself, need to thrive.…show more content… As I will be attending Bowdoin College next fall, which means I will be volunteering in a community different from my own, but that suffers similar struggles. I plan to use my orientation trip this upcoming fall to volunteer at the immigrant community in Maine, teaching children English or helping in any way I am capable. Before Bowdoin Experience, a welcome trip for low-income admitted students, I thought that most orientations trips were limited to student-centered activities, but through talking with advisors, I found this amazing opportunity to
