The Power of Community 

The Importance of a Supportive Community

Community is about doing something together that makes belonging matter 

~Brian Solis

    A community relies on itself to support their people through challenges. Fenn has been a supportive community to me since the first day I’ve been at Fenn. When I face challenges and I need help, my community is there to help me overcome those challenges. They provide me with the support I need by motivating me and encouraging me to move forward. They help me reach my personal goals while also helping me reach community goals with others.

   When I need that extra support and help my community is there for me and helps me through all the hard times I face. When I see them around they will always say hi because the community relies on each other to be supportive. They need to be positive to help each other accomplish their own goals while at the same time working together for the goals of the community. When a community works together for a common goal and completes it everyone can feel accomplished with helping reach their goals.

    When I went to the Eaglebrook Junior Soccer Tournament I was nervous and a little scared but when we got to school I was surprised when I saw my friends from school last year show up wearing a suit and ready to support us. They traveled the full two hours and supported us for the whole tournament. They cheered loudly for us and gave us advice on our game and other teams. They didn’t  physically help us with our game but they were there for us being supportive and positive.

     I realized that it didn’t matter what place we came in because we obviously wanted to win, but I realized what mattered was having fun with my teammates and playing our hardest for the community, so that’s what we did and even though we didn’t win we had a lot of fun with support from the community. We didn’t get the result we wanted but we know our community and supporters had our backs.

    I now realize how important it is to have a supportive community no matter what place you finish in