Helping others may end up helping you
Carolina Linares
Issue date: 10/7/08 Section: News
Helping the community is always good, but students sometimes don't know what to do to participate, or where to go for information.
Many students don't realize that there are plenty of opportunities to serve in the community.
"Volunteering is making an impact in our society," said Kim Wallace, Kent Campus student volunteer coordinator.
Volunteering can also benefit students who want to transfer to a four- year university.
"They [universities] want to know if the student is putting into the community, if they're participating, if they're active," said Christopher Lamm, Kent Campus student president.
The volunteer hours students complete while attending FCCJ are sent in with their record to the university to which they are going to transfer.
One volunteer option is the Tillie Fowler Regional Park, one of the largest Jacksonville parks. Each small job that volunteers may do help as a whole in the park. It helps to keeps the park going.
"To help take care of the animals is one of the things that FCCJ students can come to do," said park naturalist, Lesley Royce, referring to Cuban frogs, mice, and non venomous snakes that are used for teaching purposes.
Students that volunteer in the park can also help pull weeds, move mulch, and maintain the butterfly garden,among other duties.
The park organizes different activities and events for the enjoyment of the public, in which the help of volunteers is always important.
Tillie Fowler Regional Park is one of the options that FCCJ biology professors may pick for their students to satisfy the requirements of service learning classes.
Service learning classes are regular classes that have community service as a course requirement.
Professors decide whether they want to make their classes a service learning class, but some of them prefer to involve the students in the community as a way to better learn and employ what was learned during the class meeting.
Some classes that have used service learning include English, Humanities, Psychology, and Biology.
Many students don't realize that there are plenty of opportunities to serve in the community.
"Volunteering is making an impact in our society," said Kim Wallace, Kent Campus student volunteer coordinator.
Volunteering can also benefit students who want to transfer to a four- year university.
"They [universities] want to know if the student is putting into the community, if they're participating, if they're active," said Christopher Lamm, Kent Campus student president.
The volunteer hours students complete while attending FCCJ are sent in with their record to the university to which they are going to transfer.
One volunteer option is the Tillie Fowler Regional Park, one of the largest Jacksonville parks. Each small job that volunteers may do help as a whole in the park. It helps to keeps the park going.
"To help take care of the animals is one of the things that FCCJ students can come to do," said park naturalist, Lesley Royce, referring to Cuban frogs, mice, and non venomous snakes that are used for teaching purposes.
Students that volunteer in the park can also help pull weeds, move mulch, and maintain the butterfly garden,among other duties.
The park organizes different activities and events for the enjoyment of the public, in which the help of volunteers is always important.
Tillie Fowler Regional Park is one of the options that FCCJ biology professors may pick for their students to satisfy the requirements of service learning classes.
Service learning classes are regular classes that have community service as a course requirement.
Professors decide whether they want to make their classes a service learning class, but some of them prefer to involve the students in the community as a way to better learn and employ what was learned during the class meeting.
Some classes that have used service learning include English, Humanities, Psychology, and Biology.