Volunteer Opportunities

Medical & Health related volunteer opportunities
St. John's, Well child and family center:
This center can help prepare students with skills that can be applied in any clinical and administrative setting. People interested in the fields of health care, health care administration or etcetera can get good experience volunteering here. Volunteers play a key role to achieve the mission of eliminating health disparities and fostering community well-being by providing and promoting the highest quality care in south Los Angeles. I can apply to this volunteer center because i could learn and have capabilities that i did have/know before.

Claremont Mckenna College:
This organization has services for children and adults ages 3-22. young children and adults participate in a variety of activities. Volunteers will have a chance to work closely with professional HIV/AIDS advocates. They can also earn school credits, attend special events, and gain work experience in the HIV/AIDS field. Volunteers also get provided with opportunities to attend trainings to become certified HIV Testing Counselors, helping them reach the testing goals and spreading the word on the importance of knowing one's HIV status.
Operation Smile:
Volunteers give time and valuable resource through local fundraising, participating in local and national volunteer organizations, preparing supplies for medical missions and etcetera. They also help alleviate discomfort and stress by extending their generosity beyond the surgery that each of their patients recieve. I can apply to this volunteer center because this is a great way to learn how to cope with kids and help them.

S.S.S

                                                              BODY-MIND-SPIRIT
"Take responsibility for your own body,mind, and spirit, for your own physical, mental, and spiritual well-being." - Mr. Haymore
       

This quote is saying that not only should you just focus on one standard of yourself but on many others as well. It is important to take responsibility on all your actions, the way you think, and the way you maintain yourself. Not knowing how to take care of yourself fully can

bring repercussions into your life at any time. For example, not knowing how to take responsibility for your own physical can make you harm your body by not giving it what is needed or giving it to much of what is needed. You can develop many bad things by not being physically healthy. Another example could be not being mentally well. Not being mentally well can give you different/bad perspectives of things and get you into trouble. You must know how to take control of your actions, because if what you think is good id bad can lead to negative outcomes. You also have to be spiritually well because if you are negative about everything you might never get the job done. Being spiritually well can help you overcome obstacles or negative people that try and get you off your pathway. Being well on many things is really important because they help you be a better you and succeed.

L.A.U.S.D

                                                  L.A.U.S.D STUDENT SERVICES

                Lausd provides student services such as after school programs. These include sports like water polo, volleyball, softball, basketball and etcetera. Other student services could be code of conducts.

S.S.S

"Intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Being intelligent is not all you have to be, because having intelligence but not knowing how to use your brain is not going to help you in nothing. Not using that intelligence for something good is not being smart at all. Education is being smart and making use of that intelligence by not making bad decisions. Making bad decisions when knowing you are very smart still leads you to bad outcomes and you end up in bad places when you could've done good things and gone far in life. Being smart is not all there is to it, there are many more things that can affect you in achieving what you want if you do not use your intelligence for the right things. People who chose the wrong by making bad decisions that they know are not right, always recieve repercussions. For example, if someone is really intelligent but decides to do drugs instead of being educated they could end up in a really bad situation. Although that person was really smart, they used their smartness to get drugs and make bad moves. Intelligence is not enough, that is not the key. It is your choice

Neonatologist

                                                      Neonatologist 
Duties and responsibilities:
A neonatologist is a pediatrician who specializes in treating newborn infants. Physicians refer their patients to a neonatologists for complex and high-risk births. When babies are born prematurely, with a birth detector or with a serious illness, a neonatologist may assist with delivery and attend to the newborn's medical needs. Neonatologists consult with obstetricians if prenatal sonograms suggest the possibility of a birth defect or disease.
Salary:
$230,181 with a range usually between $194,149-$277,437.
Education:
After completing a four-year bachelor of science degree, aspiring neonatologists enter medical school which takes another four years. Students must then complete another three-year residency, where they choose a specialty in pediatrics. They must then complete a fellowship in neonatology for their final years of study.

Reflection: Yes, i think i would like to do this career because i could treat babies that have troubles and save them from losing their lives. Not only that but this is a big responsibility and i feel like i would enjoy my job. Taking care of the baby's health knowing what to do and how to treat the problem is something i would like to know/do. This seems like a really interesting career to do.

S.S.S

"We need to start and continue what we should do, and the courage to stop what we shouldn't do."- Richard L. Evans
This quote is saying that you must have enough courage to finish what you have started and not let anyone stop you from doing so. You need to feel confident and sure about yourself in order to finish what you have already begun. No one can stop you unless you are not encouraged enough to do so.
This quote is also trying to make you understand that you must also have courage in order to stop what you know you shouldnt do. Not having the courage to stop something you are doing that you know is wrong could get you in big trouble. Knowing that you did something wrong will always have you worried or scared. Scared you might get caught or get in trouble for it. Having courage is important because that could get you through many obstacles that you may have throughout difficult situations. Without courage some people may not even be where they are now. Courage is needed in life.

orthodontist

Duties and responsibilities:
Orthodontics, a specialty with the dental profession, involves straightening teeth and correcting bites. Orthodontics are responsible for locating problems with the positioning of patients' teeth and with their oral development. They might use x-rays or plaster molds of your patients' teeth to do this. Orthodontics then use dental appliances, such as braces, retainers and space maintainers, to correct these problems for the purpose of providing better function, appearance and facial development. Orthodontics are also responsible for planning custom treatment plans that are tailored to treat each individual patient based on his or her records and specific anomalies. A last thing that orthodontics may be in charge of is supervising and instructing orthodontic technicians and assistants in performing routine procedures.
Salary:
Orthodontist salary is $130,835 with a range between $107,487-$158,639.
Education:
Complete a four-year undergraduate degree, typically a bachelor's of science, before moving to dental school. While a degree is not required by all dental schools, it is usually recommended and ,may give prospects an edge when applying for admission.

Reflection:
I would not want to become an orthodontist. The reason why is because working with teeth is not what I am interested in. Although an orthodontist is a great job for anyone who is actually focused on this type of field, in my opinion i don't think i would enjoy studying for this career. My interest are in different type of careers and this is not one i would like.