Elijah Zuniga

As a Second Year Confirmation Youth Leader I assisted the O.L.L's Confirmation Youth Ministry program every Sunday by leading small groups in Bible study and discussion, setting up for as well as cleaning up after every class session, leading confirmation students in ushering during church masses, and leading the whole confirmation class opening prayers, ice breakers, and religious/personal talks. I also assisted in organizing, planning, and facilitating the one day and overnight confirmation retreats.

I went about two sundays a month for 3 months to help clean the horse stables and free roam areas at a ranch located in Shadow Hills. I would typically spend about 2-4 hours cleaning.

As a peer tutor for Bishop Alemany High School, through the schools NHS and CSF program, I would help tutor students in both groups and one on one in designated classrooms where tutoring was taking place. I often tutored various students in algebra and geometry for 1 to 2 hours after school every other week.

As a volunteer at the Knights of Columbus annual fish fry celebration at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Tujunga I have helped take customer's orders, lead volunteer shifts, serve tables, run errands, and set up for as well as clean up after the event.

I have been a pet sitter numerous times for my cousin Kelly over the last few years. I help to feed, socialize, and clean the cage of their pet Guinea Pig when they go on vacations. They usually will have me stop by their house to pet sit once a day for however long their vacation is.

As a Teachers Assistant (from 2015-2018) every Tuesday from 3pm to 5pm I helped the religious education teachers sign in and sign out students every day, run errands to the office, pass out materials, supervise students, set up and clean up classrooms, and help students understand the material. Then as a volunteer assistant office manager (from 2018-2020) from 3pm to 5pm I assisted the office managers, in the Religious Education Office, with running errands to classrooms, being an on call substitute for any absent teacher aides, organizing office materials, setting up lesson packages for each teacher, and assisting in answering and addressing any minor questions or requests office visitors had.

As a youth volunteer at Best Friends Animal Society I helped to wash dishes, sanitize equipment, clean animal enclosures, feed shelter animals, socialize shelter animals, do laundry, and sweep hallways.

Every year during Our Lady of Lourdes School's annual Family Fun Days Carnival my Boy Scout Troop 315 would set up a carnival booth in which we would sell confetti eggs, snacks, silly string and colorful hair spray. I helped work many shifts and hours at this carnival booth and even helped lead certain shifts.