Senior Project

I'm happy that I have all of my hours done but I know I'm going to miss it. I've learned so much from volunteering and appreciate things a lot more. I might even volunteer some more hours at PAWS, when I volunteered there it was like I'm just hanging out with friends. Time went by fast and you become close to everyone there. Also, just to know that your helping people and to have them come up to you and thank you was very fulfilling.

Senior Project

Working at the food bank was one of my favorite times during my community service hours. I'm usually not able to work with the clients and just do more of the background stuff to make sure things move smoothly. So, I was really excited to be able to work with the clients for once. It was the best feeling to walk the food over to them and see how thankful they were. All the clients really appreciated the volunteers and it made all my hours worthwhile.

Date of Service: 4/30 Time Spent: 3 hours Total Time: 30 hours

Actions I performed: I worked at the food bank handing out food to members.

Next Action: I am now done with my senior project hours.

How am I doing? I had fun working at the food bank, time went by really fast. We were given orders of what to get and then we had to find the items in the warehouse and give them to the owners. All the staff and volunteers are really nice and helpful there. They made sure I knew how to do everything before they opened up the warehouse. Also, most of the volunteers were around my age so everyone was nice and really easy to talk to. Some were working for school and others just for fun.

Senior Project

I just got an email from the volunteer coordinator at PAWS, he told me that my last three hours will be working at the food bank. I will be getting a months supply of food ready to be given to people that can't afford it. I'm excited because this is the first time, since volunteering at PAWS, that I will be able to see the people I am helping and maybe even the animals, I've only met the people that put in money and time for the organization to help these people.

Date of Service: 4/24 Time Spent: 1.5 hours Total Time: 27 hours

Actions I performed: I cleaned up from the night before at the palace hotel.

Next action: Next I will be working at PAWS for my last three hours.

How am I doing? It was really nice to see that all these people took off from their Easter to help the organization clean up. Everything was packed in boxes from the night before so all we had to do was move the boxes onto moving carts and roll them to the moving truck. After, we had to unload everything and put it all away at PAWS. We also had to get the items auctioned off ready to be given to whoever bought them.

Senior Project

I've been thinking about my senior project presentation and I think I'm doing a powerpoint with pictures of everything I've done. I took pictures every day I did hours and I think that will be the most entertaining to watch and this way everyone can get an idea of what I have done. I had a uniform for both my mentor and community service hours so I'm not sure if I should dress nice or if I should wear the uniform. I'm actually more excited to tell people what I learned than nervous to give a presentation.

Senior Project

Working at PAWS made me realize that you are not only helping others when you do community service, but you are also helping yourselves. I have made good friendsips from this organization and we have been keeping in touch on a daily basis. It also opened my eyes to all the people in need and all the time and commitment that goes into organization like these. There are people that volunteer their just to help, not for any recognition or because they have to, they simply just want to reach out to others.