Elyce Pereira's Pay It Forward

Elyce Pereira's Pay It Forward

 

Pay it Forward is when you see an opportunity to help someone or do something nice for someone. When you Pay it Forward, you do something for someone when you don't necessarily need to, but you just do it because you want to.

1. I am going to help 7 different people by giving them clothes that we did not need, or didn't fit my brother or I. 

2. I am going to give clothes to people that my family did not need or did not fit. 

3. I am going to go to the different peoples houses, or meet them somewhere if we are going to the same place. 

4. I am going to do this first at my home by sorting the clothes from my family friends, then we are going to drop them off to the people. 

It went well, and the people we gave the clothes to were thankful. We sorted the clothes we were given, and gave them to people that would benefit from them. I felt good to be giving people clothes that I no longer needed, or that would not fit me. The people reacted by saying "thank you" and acting very excited to be given clothes. Yes, we told them that if there were clothes that would not fit them, or they didn't like, that they should give them to people who would benefit from them. They reacted by saying that they would, and that they were thankful. My family and I do this at least once every 2 to 3 months. We also donated clothes to The Salvation Army that we didn't think would fit anyone we know. 

My parents have taught my brother and I well by showing us what it means to Pay It Forward. An example is when my family and I were driving home from the pool and a woman driving was stuck in the snow on Cambridge. My dad, knowing how to get a car out of snow, pulled over and got into the ladies car to get it out. While the rest of us waited in the car, two other cars stopped to see if they could help, but then left when they saw that the car wasn't stuck anymore. 

 

My family and I pay it forward regularly,  and I feel that recognition is not needed when you have paid it forward by taking a picture. I feel like a homework assignment is not needed, because if there is an opportunity to pay it forward, you will just do it out of the kindness of your heart, not by looking for a way to pay it forward because it is an assignment. 
Pay It Forward

1. I am going to help 7 different people by giving them clothes that we did not need, or didn't fit my brother or I.
2. I am going to give clothes to people that my family did not need or did not fit.
3. I am going to go to the different peoples houses, or meet them somewhere if we are going to the same place.
4. I am going to do this first at my home by sorting the clothes from my family friends, then we are going to drop them off to the people.

It went well, and the people we gave the clothes to were thankful. We sorted the clothes we were given, and gave them to people that would benefit from them. I felt good to be giving people clothes that I no longer needed, or that would not fit me. The people reacted by saying "thank you" and acting very excited to be given clothes. Yes, we told them that if there were clothes that would not fit them, or they didn't like, that they should give them to people who would benefit from them. They reacted by saying that they would, and that they were thankful. My family and I do this at least once every 2 to 3 months. We also donated clothes to The Salvation Army that we didn't think would fit anyone we know.

My parents have taught my brother and I well by showing us what it means to Pay It Forward. An example is when my family and I were driving home from the pool and a woman driving was stuck in the snow on Cambridge. My dad, knowing how to get a car out of snow, pulled over and got into the ladies car to get it out of the snow. While the rest of us waited in the car, two other cars stopped to see if they could help, but then left when they saw that the car wasn't stuck anymore. My family and I pay it forward regularly,  and I feel that recognition is not needed when you have paid it forward by taking a picture. I feel like a homework assignment is not needed, because if there is an opportunity to pay it forward, you will just do it out of the kindness of your heart, not by looking for a way to pay it forward because it is an assignment.  

 

The idea of Pay it forward is important because if we lived in a world where people didn't pay it forward or do nice things for each other, we all wouldn't be as selfless or polite as we are now. We all don't need to pay it forward, but the fact that we do whenever an opportunity arises makes us all a lot nicer, and the world a better place.