01 Jul

Value of Personal Projects

During this past week Amy completed her personal project. I can say honestly, that the value of personal projects has never been more evident to me, than it has been with Amy’s project.

Basically it made me realize what makes YSI different and unique as a gap year program. To me it’s the fact that we aim to incorporate our personal talents and interests into our service. We simply want to use the things that make us happy, to make others happy.

(Cienna)

I think this is what gives YSI that edge, we’re not only here to learn how to create service projects and help our society. We are also here to learn how personalize service and use our passions to inspire our projects.

Amy’s project reminded me of this special quality of YSI. Through her project she spread her passion for story telling to the rest of us who then used this inspiration to entertain the kids. It’s that simple

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