Throughout the year, I volunteered at a variety of places both on campus and off of campus. During first semester, I attended the HSS event at the center for around 3 hours, volunteered at St. Al’s food drive in Cleveland for 6 hours during the Christmas season, and helped coach my high school basketball team over Christmas break for 4 hours. In the second semester, I wrote letters to children at the Nationwide Children’s hospital for 2 hours as a part of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Again with SigEp, I made birdhouses for parks in the surrounding area for 2 hours again. Lastly, I participated in A Day in the Life of a Buckeye for 7 hours through Ohio State.
A Day in the Life of a Buckeye was definitely the most memorable experience from my freshman year. On one day a year, OSU busses students from all around the state to the campus for students to show them that college is a realistic goal and opportunity, and for them to see what a typical day was like. Because I was paired up with only one student, it was really rewarding for me to get to know him throughout the day. I felt that I really made an impact on his life and showed him all that Ohio State has to offer.