How to volunteer At The Special Olympics by colleenFL

"I'll remember it for a long time"

How I did it: I volunteered to help out at Special Olympics with other members of my Army Reserve unit one weekend.  When the time came, I was not supposed to be out in the sun because of a medication my doctor prescribed.  So it was very hot and the other soldiers all had their sleeved rolled up, but I had made a commitment so I went and kept my sleeves down.  All of the exposed skin on the back of my hands burned and peeled off.  I had a good time with the kids though.  They were all so happy to be there and they were good sports.  They loved all of us soldiers.  They were constantly coming up to us to request getting their pictures taken with us. 


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Apr 06, 2009, 08:37AM PDT | 1 comment | 8 cheers


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CarolHolly Time to get back to practicing Swedish.

I think it is wonderful what you did! I probably would have backed out due to the heat/medication issue. So, major kudos, my friend.

Apr 20, 2009, 06:49PM PDT | Respond to this


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