YMSL is truly a unique experience. As a teenager in today’s world it feels like everyone is out for themselves, doing what benefits them. When I put on the shirt that says "Service Crew" on the back I feel like I get to step outside of myself and serve a community that needs my attention more than I do.
Just last month I had the amazing opportunity to volunteer with maintaining the Learning House, an organization that gives children an opportunity to get education at a young age who wouldn’t normally receive it. My contribution was repainting a fence that stretched around the outside area. Although my part seemed small in everything that was going on that weekend, I felt proud of the work I did. Whenever we drive by the Learning House I see the fence and can’t help thinking that I helped make that happen. There is really no other feeling like that. While most of my other friends were watching T.V or sleeping in, I was helping the community and gaining an experience that I will remember forever.
I think my favorite part of YMSL has got to be how it has brought my mother and I together. Near the end of middle school my mom and I had grown apart, it seemed like we had nothing in common and never did anything together anymore. She wanted me to do this thing she heard about from a friend called YMSL and my reaction was hostile at first, but she stuck with her gut and insisted we do it. I'm glad she did because it feels like every volunteer opportunity we take, we grow closer.
Tyler Kimbell
Class of 2020 ~ Communications
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