For the Win
July 10, 2012
For the Win is a guest blog series featuring the remarkable initiatives that young Americans are advancing to win the future for their communities. Each
week, we highlight a new young person and learn about their inspiring work through their own words.
(1) Calla Gilson, age 17, from Delta, Ohio is an advocate for local migrant workers and the educational needs of migrant youth. She got her start volunteering
with the Migrant Ministry, a program that provides educational support for migrant students and advocates on behalf of the migrant worker community. In
addition to raising awareness about the challenges affecting migrant youth, Calla takes the lead on a variety of other projects, such as raising money for
cancer victims. She is involved in these projects through her role as a founding member of the Toledo UCREW student advisory board, a youth development
program focusing on service, leadership and social entrepreneurship. She also acts as a mentor to younger students through a Big Sis Little Sis program and
serves as an officer for her school's Princess Club, raising awareness of the inner beauty and health of women and children through service in the
community. Calla inspires other youth to get involved in service as a National Youth Advisory Council member for generation On, the youth enterprise of
Points of Light
(2) "We are problem-solving people!" The thought returned to me again and again as I listened in amazement during several workshops with a variety of
focuses at the Points of Light 2013 Conference on Volunteering and Service. Each and every workshop seemed to be merely a variation on this one,
concrete theme that is the heart of every service venture. I would say it is this identity that is the service community's greatest asset-the ability to
recognize a need, and rise to not only a solution, but to work in a way that invites each person to be a part of something greater than themselves in a
fashion that only giving back can truly do. This sort of innovation is truly ingenious-an undeniable mainstay of productivity that any society should prize.
And let's face it, our world isn't going to run out of problems soon-child hunger, education inequality, international humanitarian injustice-take your pick,
there are oodles of issues ripe for the picking, and application of the dedicated hard work of people who recognize their severity is in high demand.
Select the correct answer.
Which sentence best describes the relevancy of the evidence Gibson provides in paragraph 4?
OA.
The evidence is relevant because it gave Gibson an opportunity to sign up for a service project she heard about at the conference
while she studied abroad.
OB. The evidence is not relevant because it does not address how each attendee of the conference was inspired to solve a problem in his
or her community.
O C. The evidence is relevant because it shows Gibson is using what she heard at the conference to engage in service while studying in
China.
OD. The evidence is not relevant because it does not address the process Gibson had to go through when determining a service project.