Sammy Meckley Memorial Scholarship

I am passionate about extra-curricular activities because I know that by participating in activities, I also make a difference in the community and impact other kids. I earned community service hours as a camp counselor and I knew by being a part of the summer camp team that I was doing a good deed. I assisted with helping the younger children ages 4 to 10 understand how to play the games at the camp. I knew I represented myself as a role model at the summer camp for the kids. They looked up to me and I believe I made difference by teaching them the camp rules and game details. Most importantly, learning from another teen, such as myself while in summer camp, made a difference in the kids lives for their summer. While, summer camp was on activity I participated in as a student, I also played in sports both soccer and track. I love activities where I am active and can make an instant difference by making an impact together with a team. As a soccer player I was able to work on discipline by committing to the practices and excercise dedication by practicing daily. Every other day I would wake up at 5:30am to train at home before going to school. These were skills I was able to carry over into my track team experience. I am new to Track, however, I love being a part of a team where we are all working towards the same cause. This experience as a extracurricular activity was interesting for me. As I grew both physically and mentally. In my opinion this is what being on a school team and participating in extracurricular activities should feel like. One should have fun while learning. The relationships you build with the other participants is valuable also. I loved the leaders and sponsors I worked with as they helped me to grow also by teaching me ways to work on situations having to do with execution in soccer and improving techniques in track. In camp, the leaders were nice to the kids and appeared fun to them. Here, I was able to mirror them and treat kids with kindness and patience as well. I believe these are all extracurricular activities that are beneficial to the community, as summer camp has an impact on kids and is a memorable event for children. While, athletic activities allow for families to come together for competitions and enables the team players to engage positively while the individuals learn valuable skills such as those I learned which are dedication and discipline. These are very important skills for any human being to experience and learn for lifelong benefits.