Midland Park, NJ
United States
I am in ONE which educates and advocates for ending preventable disease, famine, and poverty in Africa and I try to make people remember that they matter everyday even if it is just saying Hi.
Believing in the good in people is what it will take to make positive changes from ones personal life to the community they live in.
I volunteered at an Alzheimer's assisted living facility: leading an exercise class, calling numbers in bingo games, doing trivia, and just sitting and spending time with the residents.
This is an amazing project and I want to play a part in it!
I volunteer at my YWCA, teaching leadership skills to high school girls.
Worcester, MA
United States
My good deed is my chosen life profession as a cosmetologist and bringing people's inner beauty to the surface. I have a strong passion for doing hair and making people look as beautiful as they feel.
I am participating in this project because I have always been the kind of person to break labels and stereotypes. I don't believe in any of that, everyone is unique for a reason!
I provided a listening ear and bright smile to a friend in need!
To be a part of something great!
Long Island, NY
United States
June 25th 2011, I shaved my head for the St. Baldrick's Childhood Cancer Research Foundation. With the help of my mother, family, and friends I was able to raise $4,000 to this amazing organization, and donate 4, 12" ponytails to Locks of Love. In the weeks leading up to my donation I was just simply excited. When I was having my head shaved I was all smiles, from ear to ear. It was my hair dresser that was nervous and my dad who couldn't watch.
Who I am isn't about who I am with, or what I look like, but it is who I am inside, and that I am sick of people judging me for that outside mask that we all have. We hide what's inside with the vain mask that everyone sees, our superficial selves.
Richboro, PA
United States
In middle school, I interviewed a Vietnam war veteran for a school project. As I interviewed him, he told me about his life and I realized he didn't really have many people left in his to visit or take care of him. For the next few years, I sent him letters and cards hoping it brightened his day and made him feel cared for.
East Hanover, NJ
United States
I am a Resident Assistant at Quinnipiac University and find it to be a very rewarding experience. Everyday I get to help my residents with things that are impacting their lives, whether it is a small matter or something more significant. The most rewarding part is knowing that I am making a difference in their lives and helping them to make a difference in the lives of other people.
I want to help others understand that they are not alone. Too often people get so caught up in judging others for their differences rather than celebrating the uniqueness that is each person. It is time to start sharing our awesome gifts with the world.
Worcester, MA
United States
While studying abroad I was fortunate enough to teach children a shanty-town, the children who needed it the most. It was amazing to teach these children with the minimal resources that we had, and seeing how appreciative they were. They are the children who need to be given the building blocks to make the most out of their future, and I was able to help teach these children. It was the greatest deed that I have been able to do to this date.
Labels are not worth having, it makes people feel trapped in a box when everyone should be given the courage to break out of the mold and bend the lines to be whatever it is that they want to be.
Worcester, MA
United States
I volunteer for many non-profit organizations. I believe that it is important to donate my time and energy to help make my community a better place to live and work.
This is such a great project! It's about time that we highlight the wonderful things that people do to make our world a better place.
