{Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.} I cracked my piggy bank when I was seven years old. I couldn’t have had a lot of money, but I needed to get it right away. My mother was having trouble affording her college expenses and I thought she could borrow some of my savings. She didn’t turn me down, and who knows, maybe I bought her a textbook. Most of our...

Nine years ago, I decided to take up gardening. I looked into the Saint Joseph’s Church Bulletin and saw that one of the parishioners, Patricia Murray, needed some help with the gardens at our church. My mother felt I was mature enough to get involved, so she called the number and set a date to start working. Surprisingly, I was the first person to respond to Pat’s interest in volunteers. She had not anticipated working with someone so...