Reaching Out

The objective of this project was to find an organization that we could volunteer at. We had to choose a program that helped improve our society. For me personally I choose to help the kids in society particularly the troubled one. I volunteered for an organization called Younglife. The have a subdivision of it called wildlife. This is an outreach program for middle school kids. This whole program is run by volunteers. No one gets special treatments and gets paid. The people that run the club range from college kids to sophomores in high school. The job I have to do is meet up every other week and help organize and run what they call a club. Club is basically bringing in kids and just playing games and just having fun. Then at the end we have a little speech about god, just to inform the kids on who he is, not trying to convert anyone. Just inform the kids a little. Then we will eat and just hangout with the kids for a little bit longer. A couple of times I have had to go up in front of all the kids and give a talk myself. This personally is way out of my comfort zone so I thought this organization would be good to volunteer and write about. The specific time that I am going to talk about is this past week. We had a themed club that revolved around glow in the dark. So before Thursday we had to go out and buy a bunch of glow sticks and glow in the dark paint. Then when Thursday came around we had too meet up a couple hours early and help prepare for the club. we got assigned the games we had to run and got informed on who was giving the talk and what it was about. Before club we usually just hangout and play basketball or some other game so we can kill time to wait for the other kids to show up. Middle school kids apparently don’t know the meaning of on time. But once we waited a while we started. We played games and had the talk and then ate. It all went very smoothly and I think that all the leaders bonded really well with the kids. I’ve basically learned through volunteering for this program that older kids can help influence a younger kids life. We basically give them a place every other Thursday where they can just be free. Just be themselves. Overall this is a great organization and a great experience.