Do more community service

i trained to become an ESL tutor at the public library yesterday! i’m very nervous to meet my student next week, but so excited to help her with english! this should be great!

So its been about a week. Things with the first organization are going great.
As for the second one, I will be starting next Thursday provided things run smoothly. I’ll be helping out with an after school program for children. I think they offer a variety of things: arts and crafts, sports, tutoring, and just plain ‘ol fun?
I’ve never really worked with children before, so this will be quite a challenge for me. My main interests are with the aging population.
Wish me luck, next week I can check this off my list as these are both long term commitments :)

Well, I’ve been in contact with the organisation, and I’m happy to say I started volunteering with them (again) yesterday! I’ll be visiting a lovely elderly lady once a week and take part in activities of her interest and just.. be a friend :)

Also, my community development course requires that we do volunteer service. I’ve chosen a different organisation from the above so that I can experience helping a different population. I’ll be assisting children from low income families – I’m not sure on all the details yet as I’ve just signed on to this, but I should be finding out for sure sometime this week.

I can’t wait!

They matched me up with an elderly lady (whose personality was a lot younger than her age!) and I visited her for a few hours a week. We became best friends. Last year she passed away, so I took a break from it.
When I go back to school this year, I want to continue volunteering with that organisation.

I used to be involved with hospice volunteering

i love the feeling i use to get when i did commnuity service. knowing i helped change someone’s life someway is amazing for me. it’s enough to know even if it wasn’t a major thing i still helped. :] i miss it.

The Salsa Festival is tomorrow. I’ll be working outside the salsa tent. I had a lot of fun last year and am looking forward to it :)

P. S. Also, I volunteered at the Strawberry Festival in May. My job was terribly boring – I was a greeter, which would otherwise be fun except that I was stationed at the least busy gate – but I’m glad I volunteered.

Well I am volunteering at an after-school program, twice a week. Challenging but worth it.

I started a monthly community service gig at a local soup kitchen, feeding homeless teens.

I’ve pretty much failed at this, but once we start Relay for Life I know I’ll get a lot of hours in.