Journal 1: Serving A Passion

My Why:

For the most part, I chose the Children’s Home Society of Florida because I love kids. My love for kids started at home with my first brother coming along when I was two, way before any of my memories kicked in. After him came a sister and another brother, who I love more than life itself, therefore I can’t remember a time in my life where I didn’t have a younger sibling to care and love for. I can’t imagine how all those children who have siblings that can’t provide for them or who don’t have any and won’t get that experience. Rather than let them miss out, I can volunteer, like so many others to help fill that gap.

Another reason I chose this organization is the accessibility of the volunteering opportunities. They have volunteering opportunities in person and at home that you can create needed supplies for children and their families and drop them off. I love to volunteer but sometimes I am swamped between work and school, so the at home activities allow me to be able to help.

Lastly, CHS is BIG on mental health. As someone going for a degree in psychology, mental health MATTERS! Not many people think about or pay any attention to a child’s mental health. CHS cares about the mental health of children, their families and what poor mental health can lead to for those who are in foster care, low income, abused etc. Children WILL one day become the adults of our future. Their minds matter as well.

About the Children’s Home Society of Florida

"United Way Miami Volunteers beautify a CHS base on the MLK Day of Service"

CHS’s mission is to build bridges to success for children in hopes of creating a world where children realize their full potential. With a multitude of locations from Miami-Dade to Pensacola they plan to do just that! Not only does CHS work to better the lives of children and their families, but they also aim to reduce certain negative statistics such as: “Children poverty are 5x more likely to drop out of high school, 40% of of children exiting foster care at 18 are homeless, and 21% flow-income children and youth ages 6-17 have mental health problems.” through community partnership and dedication, Reverend DW Comstock’s dream of “providing a failing for children who had nowhere else to go” that started out as just him and some community leaders on 11/17/1992, has been and will continue to be fulfilled.