Essay On Senior Survivor Challenges

“One more challenge”, I said to myself, “We can do this!” The “this” I was referring to was the completion of the 2015 Muscatine High School Senior Survivor competition. After five-days and five-nights of completing physical and mental challenges to raise money for charity, I was exhausted. Every part of my body and mind ached. What I learned however from this community service experience, was that a little pain on my part could produce big gains for others.
I have always been aware of the importance of charity events but never truly participated in one. I had watched previous Senior Survivor charity fundraisers and thought it would be fun. When the school newsletter went out asking for teams to tryout and compete in this year’s event …show more content…
The first challenge was what charity we would represent. My partner and I both made a list and then compared. We both listed the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital as our cause which led us to the Children’s Miracle Network as our charity. Team “Miracle Makers” was now ready for action.
The Survivor teams spent the school week at the high school where we were deprived of many of the things we often took for granted such as comfortable beds and access to our favorite foods. Combined with the fact each challenge was kept a secret and I quickly learned that it would take all I had to be a survivor.
The challenges included such things as getting up at 4 AM, to do a 2 mile run or working to solve a Sudoku puzzle after four hours of sleep. There were also group challenges where all teams worked together. One event involved each team having a candle with the goal to run around the school without it blowing out. Each team tried on their own without success. We then decided that if every team went around together with a lit candle, we could relight those that were going out and keep everyone moving forward. Even though we were competing as individual teams, are greatest success came when we worked together for a common