Giva is very pleased to congratulate Shannon Strader, our most recent recipient of Giva's Student Scholarship and Worldwide Community Ambassador Award!

Ms. Strader submitted the required essay answering the questions:

How will you use your talents and education to make the world a better place for future generations? What are your career and personal goals and why?

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Giva is proud to showcase the essays of its Student Scholarship and Worldwide Community Ambassador Award winners. Below is an essay from Amberley Snyder. Giva's hope is to inspire others through these essays, and that sharing these essays will help others realize the joys and benefits of service!

Setting Bigger Goals
By Amberley Snyder

Reflecting on how my life has changed and how I have grown is eye opening. In 2013, I was invited to Cheyenne, Wyoming for a big rodeo as a part of the Western Wishes Charity. This was the first time since my accident that I would be traveling on the same road I rolled my truck on only three years earlier. My mom traveled with me for this road trip and wanted to know how that morning went. I showed her the last place I ate, the last place I filled up, the last gas station I stopped at, the last place I was walking. Lastly, I showed her the span of fence where my life had completely changed.

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Giva is proud to showcase the essays of its Student Scholarship and Worldwide Community Ambassador Award winners. Below is an essay from Amberley Snyder. Giva's hope is to inspire others through these essays. We hope that sharing these essays will help others realize the joys and benefits of service.

How My Motivational Speaking Career Chose Me
By Amberley Snyder

I have been asked how I chose to be a motivational speaker. In all reality, motivational speaking was decided for me. In 2009, it was my senior year of high school. Upon graduation you can run for a state leadership position within our Utah FFA Organization. I ran for office and after three days of interviews, presentations and questions, I was elected as Utah FFA State President.

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Giva is proud to showcase the essays of its Student Scholarship and Worldwide Community Ambassador Award winners. Below is an essay from Amberley Snyder. Giva's hope is to inspire others through these essays. We hope that sharing these essays will help others realize the joys and benefits of service.

Getting Back on the Horse (Literally)
By Amberley Snyder

Four months after my accident where I became paraplegic was the first time I got back on a horse. Friends and family all watched for the 'big moment'. As I was set down into the saddle on my rope horse, my heart sank. I couldn't feel my legs around my horse and I felt extremely unstable. I had built it up in my mind that if I got back on my horse that would be the one part of my world that wouldn't change. At that moment I realized every part of my life was different.

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Giva is proud to showcase the essays of all of its scholarship winners. Below is an essay from Jonathan Clark, winner of Giva's corporate scholarship admission to Tony Robbins "Unleash the Power Within" (UPW) seminar. Giva's hope by sharing these essays is to inspire and help others to realize the joys and benefits of service!

Where Am I Now?

Today, as I look back at the actions and decisions I have made over the course of the past year, I am grateful for the journey, both the blessings and the detours that have taken me to this grand place of being. It has not been completely easy, but I never expected it to be so. More often than not, I am in uncharted waters, and I have to lean on my mentors, learning from them how best to handle circumstances which are new and unfamiliar.

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Giva is proud to showcase the essays of its Student Scholarship and Worldwide Community Ambassador Award winners. Below is an essay from Ms. Malerie Pratt, medical student at Oregon Health and Science University. Giva's hope is to inspire others through these essays. We hope that sharing these essays will help others realize the joys and benefits of service.

In Memory of Dr. Maya Angelou
By Malerie Pratt:

Everyone knows that moment, the moment when the whole world goes quiet and for a minute you stand still and bow your head in disbelief - that moment when your hero passes and you realize the world will never be the same. That moment came for me on May 28^th, 2014 when I learned that Dr. Maya Angelou had passed away.

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Giva is proud to showcase the essays of its Student Scholarship and Worldwide Community Ambassador Award winners. Below is an essay from Amberley Snyder. Giva's hope is to inspire others through these essays. We hope that sharing these essays will help others realize the joys and benefits of service.

My Journey Into Motivational Speaking
By Amberley Snyder

We all have challenges and triumphs, ups and downs, losses and victories that make up our life story. I was faced with an obstacle where I wake up each morning and climb into a wheelchair. I haven't always had the wheelchair, but for the past years it is my way around the world. Another person may not have a challenge that is as physically obvious as mine, but it is there. Knowing that we all have these challenges and being able to relate to others who have faced adversity has been a huge influence in the growth of my story.

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A key component of CSR (corporate social responsibility) is education. Since businesses play an integral role in local communities, they have a great opportunity to help educate local young scholars.

"We want businesses to partner with schools to provide resources and opportunities, for example, by sponsoring events, providing class speakers, offering internships, or donating equipment and money," education website Edutopia said.

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Giva is proud to showcase the essays of all of its scholarship winners. Below is an essay from Jonathan Clark, winner of Giva's corporate scholarship admission to Tony Robbins "Unleash the Power Within" seminar. Giva's hope by sharing these essays is to inspire and help others to realize the joys and benefits of service.

UPW Review
by Jonathan Clark

It has been over 30 days since I was granted the opportunity of a lifetime, winning the Giva Tony Robbins Scholarship Award, allowing me to attend an Unleash the Power Within (UPW) event in Chicago with Tony Robbins. I must say upfront that the impact of my experience at UPW has been absolutely monumental and the colossal changes in my growth and development have been nothing short of amazing.

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