<p>One of the short essay prompts is this:</p>
<p>"Choose the community service activity that is most meaningful to you and describe how you and your community benefited from your involvement"</p>
<p>My most meaningful activity was a service trip to Poland, but that didn't benefit my local community. Does this prompt require a local service activity or can I use the Poland trip? Thanks!</p>
<p>Hey My son won a 10K award, and he wrote about a service project that was virtual - he worked with a bunch of kids across the country and world online doing volunteer tutoring. He did have a local component though. </p>
<p>When you went to Poland for your experience, did you work there, and not tell anyone here about it? Did your work extend to speaking on behalf of that organisation stateside? Perhaps you too have a local component based on that international experience! Use it ALL!</p>
<p>Best Wishes!</p>