When individuals work as volunteers,
they are donating their time and efforts to a cause without any promise or
thought of financial gain (Kieff, 2009). I selected Geoffrey Canada because he
has impacted so many lives and people look up to him as an advocate. He is a friendly and caring individual. He has the passion to give and does not expect anything in return.
He keeps on fighting fearlessly for children and their families. He
has positively impacted people’s lives by combining educational, social and
medical services to help children and their families. He believes that
education is the only path to success, and recognizes the importance of
community involvement.
I have a passion to give children and
their families’ quality education that comes with identifying the needs of the
whole child and with the passion of Mr Geoffrey Canada that focuses on
school-community partnership. I believe that the work is already accomplished.
When kindness is in action it gives us an opportunity to make a difference in
the lives of others. Kindness is acceptance. We need to accept our call to
service and use our knowledge and resources that we have to reach others.
My take away message from the reading
of this week is that advocacy can occur as a result of challenges one is going or
has gone through. What I have experienced is that in volunteering we show an
act of kindness to someone else. I would work to strengthen the education,
social and mental health of families and helping them change their lives
positively.
Chika,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, volunteering is an act of kindness and giving. I really appreciate what you want to give to families. Not only do you want to help children but the family as a whole, strengthening their education, social and mental health. Great Job
Chika,
ReplyDeleteAs voluteers the main requirement is to be passionate about what we do. Also where is this advocate located and what are the organziations he is apart of? Chika I enjoyed learning about your passion to educate both familliea and children. As early childhood professioanls money is not often the reward that is offered in return for the work you do, that is why we have to be passionate about what we do so that we can self gratify ourselfs through the work we do. Thanks for sharing !