#12DaysOfKindness Student Spotlight, Day 12: Gabrielle R.

To ring in the holiday season, RaiseMe is celebrating #12DaysOfKindness. Each day, we’ll feature a new high school student doing outstanding work to serve their communities. Today’s spotlight is on Gabrielle R., a high school sophomore from Oakland, CA, who helped empower the voices of incarcerated women by sharing their poetry.

Here’s what Gabrielle shared about her community service experience:

What is your act of service? 

I acted as teen assistant at a camp with the Oakland Zoo serving developmentall disabled children

Can you share your favorite memory from this act of service? 

I had a five-year old camper, who would come up and check to see if my hands were cold, and if they were, he would try his best to warm them up.

What’s one lesson you’ve learned from your service experience?

I learned that children have such a big capacity for kindness. They are always so quick to lend a helping hand, no matter who it is, and that in itself is a beautiful thing.

Spread kindness with micro-scholarships

Want to spread kindness to your peers and share the gift of micro-scholarships with your friends for their community service contributions? You can earn $100 in micro-scholarships yourself for every friend that joins RaiseMe. Just click on the green heart on the top right hand side of your RaiseMe Portfolio to spread kindness and earn micro-scholarships today.

Cecilia Xia

Cecilia is the Senior Manager for Content, Community, and Brand at RaiseMe. She leads all of RaiseMe’s communications efforts and got her career start working in higher education marketing. She loves to connect with different members of RaiseMe’s community of students, educators, and parents! In her spare time, Cecilia enjoys hiking, taking road trips, and spending time by the water.