Payton Spivey

Passionate disability care provider with experience coordinating support for children with disabilities, supervising large camp teams, and providing patient, adaptable assistance during meals, bathroom needs, and activities.

• Volunteer- Calvary Community Church Special Abilities Ministry: Westlake Village, 2012-Current: I have served almost every Sunday morning during church service for the past 12 years, where the ministry creates a place where these children's needs are seen, loved, and met. I have served in the annual beach day, where families with a child with special needs can come to have a stress-free beach day where both the children with special needs and thier families are cared for and served. I have been a date for 6 years at the annual "Joy Unleashed" prom for teenagers affected by disabilities. I have served at "Buddy Break", a national respite program for these children and thier siblings to be dropped off at the church for 4 hours, giving the parents free respite every month for 12 years of my life. I have given 1:1 care for these children of over 500+ families affected by disabilities, creating some of my most special friendships.
• International service- Mission trips to the Dominican Republic through Project Manjana, June 2023 and 2026: My service team distributed water filters to 45 homes in the community of San Fuegos. Each year, we worked to lay the foundation of a house in the community of San Paulo. We played with and cared for over 150 children living in two separate impoverished towns, building relationships and giving knowledge through educational bible stories to the children. We also led two religious services each trip for over 250 people in the town of San Paulo.
  
• Literary Practicum Participant- Major Specific Volunteering Hours at University Hill Elementary School in 2nd Grade classroom reading groups.
• Volunteer- Boulder University Special Olympics Coach, August 2026-Current
• International Service- Mission Trip to Uganda Through Buyumba, April 2025: We served over 800 orphans and underprivileged children through food distribution, home visits, and education. It was really special to me because I got to meet a boy named Nickson, whom my family has been sponsoring my whole life. I have written letters to him since I was 5 years old, so meeting him and hearing about his life and all that he has accomplished because my family paid for his education was truly amazing
• Volunteer, "High School Service Coordinator" Calvary Community Church, 2025-Current: I recruited and trained over 100 student volunteers.