Another day at Tri City Volunteer. But for some reason this one seemed different. It just seemed chill. Maybe it was because we knew what we were doing. Maybe it was because the knowledge of it being the last one soothed us through it. Whatever it was, it was better.
We started the day a little early and beat all the other high school kids we usually saw there. We put on our green vests like old pro's and walked out to the familiar potato smelling room. Without having to ask what to do we got to work bagging potatoes for a little while and calmly let the people standing around take over the bagging of the spuds. We walked over to the mops and began the necessary job of cleaning the floor. Without even realizing time had gone by we were told they were shutting down. Wow. That was fast.
This experience was so much better than all the rest and it makes me glad I volunteered. We passed the phase of being new and not knowing what to do, then we passed the stage of boredom, and finally moved on o doing hard work and feeling good about it. This is what volunteering should be.
4 comments:
I can definitely agree to how you felt while doing this last volunteer visit. After a while, you get used to how everything worked. It seemed like doing small jobs like bagging potatoes didn't bother you. Also, you had an idea what to do next without the people in charge giving you a new job to do. It sounded like your last time volunteering went swell!
I volunteered there all four times too! Actually, I went there even when I didn't have to do it for this project, but for some reason I still feel a little lost sometimes. The people who are in charge there don't really tell you what to do. Sometimes, you just have to find whatever job you can and do it. However, I guess you get used to it after a while... I wish they gave us more productive jobs sometimes though. Anyways, good job on your work!
I'm pretty sure Tri-City volunteer is extremely blissful on all the volunteering they have received do to the Equity Project. I actually learned a good lesson from this place (That I have also been to for the past four times.) I learned to take initiative. You can't just stand around and wait to be told what to do, instead do it without being told what to do, and give value. Aside from that, It felt great helping out people who are less fortunate than us, and seeing the smile on their face when they receive their bags of food is priceless.
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