When Social Action Becomes Social Change

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/natasha-unwin/when-social-action-become_b_2692907.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

After reading this article, I feel Natasha Unwin has a good point. When she started volunteering she was about 12 to 13 years old, and she actually went to help out at a local day care for people with disabilities. Natasha then goes on and explains how her reasons for volunteering are "arbitrary." She spent most of her free time volunteering at different places so she could build up her personal statement. In the second paragraph, I find it interesting how she says "Looking back, I don't think it matters why someone decides to start volunteering, but I would say that it matters how they come of it at the end." Even though she volunteered to build up her personal statement, she also did it because all the volunteering molded her into a well rounded person that the universities would like.
She then came across Southampton Hub, which focused on inspiring people to take action on things that they care about. I got motivated when Natasha says she volunteers at a local school because I know when I graduate I want to go into helping children. Volunteering is not about collecting hours that you need for an organization or school and then just stop going. It is about helping out in organizations that need it and keep moving forward with the motivation to make a difference.
At the end of the article, Natasha says that she made a difference and that should get people to understand that anybody can make a difference if they set their mind to it. Can you imagine how the world will be if people dedicated at least two hours of their time to help someone in need? We would not only be happier, but also better off.
This article caught my attention because of its title "When Social Action Becomes Social Change." I haven't been volunteering since eighth grade and I have loved it. But it saddens me to see that people don't want to take the time and help other, especially children. By volunteering more, many teens can influence the younger generations to get more involved, as Natasha did.