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examination of the true meaning of community outreach

9/19/2017

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Jordyn W.     

The phrase community outreach can be interpreted in several different ways depending on the person. The words “community” and “outreach” separately hold a large and primarily important meaning, yet combining the two concepts creates a powerful thing. Over the past 31 years the Bouncing Bulldogs program has existed, community outreach is something that the program strives to do through the sport of jump rope. Though, what does community outreach mean? First through analyzing what “community” and “outreach” mean, it will strengthen my understanding of this year’s theme.


Community is a word that refers to the environment, atmosphere and people you as a person surround yourself with. The community you are raised in can in some ways shape who you are and your identity. Both your community and identity can positively and negatively impact you, yet it is all really about how you choose to react or respond to it. Secondly, the word outreach refers to how you can help other people not only in your community, but around the world. Through outreach, people are able to connect with people from totally different backgrounds than they are used to seeing and give a helping hand to people in need. The amazing aspect about outreach is that it can be done in so many different ways, from teaching little kids how to jump rope for the first time to helping victims affected by the recent hurricanes. Outreach is an amazing opportunity that not only the members of the Bouncing Bulldogs program experience, but many people across the United States and world as well.

Now constructing the theme of community outreach holds one strong existential meaning. Community outreach means to me giving back and helping other people no matter where they are from. I believe the Bulldog program sees the world as one large community, and any chance that we as a team can spread the sport of jump rope as well as help others, we do so. Community outreach is the essence of the Bulldog program, and that’s one aspect which has led the program to be so large and continue to grow. As this season begins, the program must, as it always has, remember the importance of community outreach and how it really helps to make the world a better place.

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What does community outreach mean to you?

9/12/2017

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Ragan C.

Before this year, I had always just considered outreach as giving back to the community around us and worldwide, but I had never thought to look up the literal definition of the word, outreach. Community outreach can mean something different to every individual, but the most basic definition is that it is an activity of providing services to any population who might not have access to those services otherwise. It also says that a key component of outreach is that the groups who are providing are not stationary, but mobile. This actually makes a lot of sense to me and is something I learned about in my Servant Leadership class last year in school. In fact, we learned something called the Upside Down Principle of our culture versus what our world should look like. The three ones that stood out to me and relates to this community outreach are:

  1. To become a leader, you must become a servant
  2. You have to lose your life to find it (you must learn to sacrifice)
  3. You must give generously to receive.
These principles actually come straight from the Bible but are so relatable to our current world and its problems. Many affluent people in our country frequently donate money or resources to different causes and never meet or see the people who they are affecting. In my opinion, this is not necessarily community outreach or servant leadership. Outreach is when you meet the people where they are and connect with them face-to-face to give them something that you have so graciously been given yourself. This is something that the Bulldogs actually do quite well and is probably going to learn how to do even better this year. There are so many people in our community, right in our backyards that we can give back to. My hope is that we can all learn how to communicate better with these people and instead of feeling like we are doing charity for them, we are becoming friends with these people. Sharing our jump rope skills with people is an excellent outlet to connect with people, but most importantly is the relationships and hopefully friendships we are going to build through the process.

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