Sara Cullen

This service was given to Shelby Farms Park and it benefited the broader community. I was able to give back to my local park by picking up approximately 90 pieces of trash and tracking it using the Litterati app. I think that my service did benefit the plants/animals/people in the area. By picking up trash in the park, I was able to help create a safer enviroment for the plants and wild life. This opportunity impacted me by reminding me of the importance of spending time out in nature. Yes, I plan on continuing to serve at the parks surrounding this city. This service experience absolutely aligns with my personal values. It is important for everyone to do their part in keeping our world a safe and clean place for all living things.

On this Wednesday, I served a community of people in Memphis by helping pass out food relief boxes. There were cars lined up all down the street, with people ready and eager to recieve the food relief boxes that I had helped build the day before. I worked alongside members of the organization to effectively keep the cars moving and quickly pass out the boxes. One way that I helped was by passing out a form that each car had to fill out to obtain the food relief box.
This service project deeply aligns with my personal beliefs, I grew up in a low income family and I understand what some of these people are experiencing. There is such a large need for food relief in the Memphis/Shelby County area. Yes, I plan on continuing to volunteer with this awesome organization, I love their mission and it feels good to know that I am providing real help to these families.

This is one place that I always love coming back to volunteer at, this organization and the people they serve are so nice and appreciative. On this day, I helped build around 200 food relief boxes that go to families in Shelby County. Members of the church and I work together to pack dry goods such as cans, nuts, rice and beans into each box. My service helps contribute to the overall goal of the organization by providing food to the members in need within the community. This opportunity impacts the way I think about poverty and food insecurity in Memphis. These food relief boxes were started by this organization during the pandemic and there is still a clear need for them in this community. Yes, I do plan on continuing to volunteer with this organization, I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve the community by providing food relief aid.

For this volunteer opportunity, I served both people and the environment. I helped a friendly woman by picking up trash out of her yard and cleaning out her front garden beds. Then, I raked and bagged up all of the fallen leaves in her yard. The woman seemed very grateful for this help. I also think that the plants and animals in her neighborhood were appreciative of my service. This service experience absolutely aligns with my personal values and beliefs, I think it's so important to do random acts of kindess. It taught me that, even small acts of service can greatly impact the lives of those served. I hope to continue helping anyone who need some assitance with the the upkeep of their yards.

In this service project, I helped clean an elderly person's yard. My friend, Mia, and I worked as a team to clean and organize the yard. We wanted to give back to a community that sometimes gets overlooked. We raked the leaves and picked up branches in their yard to make sure they would be able to get around their yard safely. This project also helped the environment because we picked up any trash we saw while cleaning the space. The service does align with my personal beliefs in that we must all do what we can to help serve the elderly community. The reaction to our service was very positive, they seemed very appreciative of our help. They told us how happy they were that they were going to be able to enjoy their yard now. Yes, I plan on continuing to help this person and others like them who are no longer able to get around.

This event served a large community of families in shelby county by providing them with food relief boxes. My friend Mia and I served the day before by helping build the relief boxes. Then we came back to help hand out these boxes. There were cars lined up all down the street with people ready to recieve these boxes. We worked as team with the church members to ensure that the line ran smoothly. It was my job to pass out a form to all the cars in the line. Every single person I talked to was nice and I could tell that they were really grateful for the food. This service opportunity definitely left an impact on me. It felt so good to be able to give back to this community and know that the families that recieved this boxes wouldn't go hungry this week. Yes, I plan on continuing to volunteer at this sweet church.

For this service project, I helped build 200 food relief boxes that go to families in shelby county. This project absolutely aligns with my personal beliefs, I am so grateful that I am able to help provide food to a community in need. I believe that no family should go hungry. I learned that this church has been providing these boxes on a weekly basis since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. I worked as team with members of the church and my friend, Mia, to help build these boxes. First, we helped unwrap and stack many cases of cans and other goods. Then, in an assembly line each person placed their items in the boxes until it was full. Each box was filled with a variety of canned fruits and vegatables, dried rice and beans, seasons, nuts and raisins, and cereal. Yes, I plan on continuing to volunteer at this church, they are doing amazing work for the community.

I listened to employees from International Paper talk about the importance of recycling. They talked about the types of products that can and can not be recycled. Also, they explained the best way to recycle a water bottle. They had a panel of employees that answered questions about their specialities within the job. We then did a service project together. I helped put together boxes of food that got donated to the Tiger Pantry on campus. We lined up with our boxes and walked around the room, gathering various dry goods and snacks. These food relief boxes will be available to any students on campus that need them.

We served the Charles W. David park, it is right near campus and very close to my friend's apartment. While at the park, we were able to sucessfully pick up half a garbage bag full of trash. I always like giving back to my local parks, especial ones that often go uncleaned and unnoticed. My service will benefit the families and the local animals in the area surrounding the park. I completed this service with my friend, Mia, together we worked as a group to clean up the park. Working as team definitely made the experience more fun and it was a great way to spend the afternoon. At one point, there were even children who stopped playing to help us pick up trash. This service aligned with my belief that we must all do our part to keep our city clean and safe for everyone to enjoy. Yes, I plan on continuing to serve my community by picking up trash in the local parks.

I opened and stacked 30+ boxes of cans and various food items such as black beans, canned corn, juice, pasta, and chips. I moved stacks of empty boxes in preparation for the assembly line. I placed 4 cans of mixed vegetables and fruits into around 200 food relief boxes. I broke down empty boxes and picked up trash off the floor. I learned that by helping create these food relief boxes, families all over Shelby County will not go hungry this week. I would absolutely volunteer there again, everyone was so nice and welcoming!