¶ … Community Service at Catholic Charities in Chicago consider my involvement in social work, a community service at Catholic Charities in Chicago, an important and significant part of my life. As a youth, I've always wanted to be of service to those who are in need. This became one of my aspirations in life since the time I witnessed in my grandmother how helping makes her feel happy and complete. To me, she is a proof of how kindness to others, through charity, earns love as incomparable wealth and richness to one's living. My grandmother was a program director for specialized and traditional foster care in Chicago. The charity institution she works at helps orphans who are not so lucky enough to be supported by their families. It was through my grandmother that I was able to get involved in charity works, and I find this as a fulfillment of one of my purposes here on earth. My desire...

Unless we get the chance to interact with our less fortunate brothers and sisters, we may be strangers to the values of unconditional sharing, giving, and love. In the charity works that I participate in, I was able to realize how lucky I am and how God loves me so much. Compared to those children that we help in the foster care and in our weekly community services, I realized how I was blessed with so many things - blessings that I did not see before when I live my life selfishly, centering only my needs and myself alone, and caring for no one but myself.
There are so many reasons why being in…