Volunteer

I’ve always believed in the value and importance of community service; and that you typically get more out of it than you put in. But, with the arrival of my son (our first) last year, I cut back on many things; including volunteering.

He now sleeps through the night, amoung other milestones. So, I feel ready to re-engage in community service (amoung other things).

Friday I had an interview and submitted my application to volunteer for the CHOGM to be held here! I got accepted!! I’m so excited and it’s going to be a great experience. I’ll be lazing with the delegates who are here for the meeting from different countries…and there’s no place I’d rather be than in the heart of all the activity!

When we held the Summit of the Americas a couple of months ago, I just knew that a grand event of that magnitude is what I’d love to be involved in! I am so proud to welcome so many people to my country! I’ll be volunteering for nine days. The event is scheduled for November 23rd – 26th…but there’s a lot to do and prepare for with such an big and important event…a lot of protocol and security training! I’m going to be busier than a bee…but it’s what I want, so I couldn’t be happier!!!

wow it’s been over a year since i’ve written anything about this goal. i joined the volunteer thing at uni and emailed someone today about doing tutoring for little kids which i think would be good. would also help if i wanted to work as a tutor.

Sent in my big brother forms, hounded linda from the bissell center for an interview (tuesday the 10th at 230), filled out the home care forms, no one was there to schedule an interview with though. this is progress i guess.

I have a few ideas at the moment…

1. Talk to my mom and tell her that I want to volunteer for my brother’s hockey team. Maybe I could do paper work, like my mom did last year. I really enjoy watching hockey and sitting in cold arenas! (Seriously!)

2. Go to the hospital and ask them if they need volunteers in any place. Maybe I can even visit some folks!

3. Call the prayer chain advisor and ask them if they can call me when they need someone to pray for. (This will be a secret though! Well, apart from 43 things, no one should know!)

4. Call the library and see if they need volunteers! Free work though. I always wanted to work in a library.

5. Go to the town office and see if there is any other causes, activities, and places that need volunteers!

If all goes well, I hope to be volunteering like crazy! When that happens, I need to be organized. I guess that will be my upcoming goal

Does anyone have any other ideas?

I’ve contacted three different organisations but unfortunately they seem a little disorganised (which is probably why they need volunteers!) – if they don’t contact me soon I will probably have to phone again to see whats happening. I’ve been avoiding doing that as they are charity organisations who are probably a tad over-stretched so I don’t want to stress them out or anything.

Only three of the cats I saw two weeks ago while cleaning cages were there this time. I’m taking that to mean that the others were adopted since then. Way to go, kitties! Met six new cats today while cleaning their cages, five were kittens 3-6 months. I wanted to take home the new adult cat but knew that I had to resist that urge if I wanted to continue cleaning cat cages. My two cats at home seem to do quite well together and I don’t want to upset that balance.

I have the opportunity to do some volunteer work with an organisation that helps out young families that are struggling. The thing is, my family is struggling! As a result I’m not sure if I’d actually be of any help to them. I am very interested in this sort of work and would like to get in to it in the future, when my own family has grown and flown, but I just don’t know if it’s a good idea to get involved right now.

All opinions welcome!

had indicated a need for a trainer and the person refused. I guess the person isn’t ready to make a change after all.

I am considering volunteering at the children’s hospital.

that needs help