Why is Community Involvement Important?
The most important factor that reflects the value of community involvement is that people are empowered to have a say in decisions about actions that affect their lives.
By involving oneself within the community, one gets to regularly interact with the community and proactively share information from member to member, to seek out and facilitate the involvement of others, provide information to the community so as to get others to participate in a meaningful way; to communicate to all everyone’s interests, to meet the needs of all the members of the community; to share with the members how their input was or was not used; and lastly, to communicate to all, how the contributions of the community can influence decisions.
It is the actively participating member who “makes things happen”, who serves as an example and inspiration to others, and who encourages others to volunteer, for the good of the whole group.
The importance to be involved is best described by John Donne: “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.”
Thank you.
Luis Pinto
Villa Hills, KY