Day 7

Day 7: Giving Back
I found it a lot easier to give back to my community before I came to college. Now that we're living the dorm life, I find it more difficult to volunteer on a regular basis. Before, I used to do community service by volunteering at my studio and teaching classes, donated to Goodwill regularly, and babysat or took care of dogs around my neighborhood as a favor. One of the only ways I feel I am contributing to being more eco-friendly is making sure my roommates and I distinguish between regular trash and recyclables. I have participated in a community service event at the OC Rescue Mission once since coming to college, but it's still a significant decrease from before. However, I have never been financially able to donate to programs; all I can offer are my own efforts. Specifically, I've always taken a special interest in organizations like animal shelters. I've made it my goal that in the future, when I have the money to do so, I will donate a good amount to building animal shelters in areas where animals aren't treated as well as house pets in neighborhoods around here. To further increase my volunteer efforts, I signed up to help at a Holiday Outreach event in early December and plan on making donations to the numerous holiday organizations.