|
I'm not volunteering right now because I have needed this year to do some stabilizing and healing. I have done loads of volunteering in the past, though. When my kids were growing up I volunteered teaching arts and crafts to certain classes, also was a reader for a great program called Rolling Readers. So I'd read a story to the 1st graders, then we'd do an art project having to do with the story we had read. That was so much fun.
I did some other vol work with their school and always enjoyed it.
I used to volunteer with "Stand Down", which is a yearly event for Vietnam veterans...3 days of access to all sorts of services for vets, referrals and such. I volunteered with setting it up, then taking it down.
For a year I volunteered with a youth (teen) program in my hometown. My job was working outreach, so going with a partner out in the evening to reach out to teens (homeless, runaways, throwaways) who needed services (gave them referrals and/or a ride to a safe house), passing out care kits, and doing on-the-spot counseling. I absolutely loved that job and I was hired as a paid employee after the year of volunteering.
The most recent vol position I've had was facilitating a NAMI Connection group. I facilitated for 16 months. A very powerful experience. I'd like to facilitate a group again at some point.
__________________
|