Community Service Post 3

For the last of my ten hours I volunteered again at Orphans of the Storm on April 28th from 11am-2:30pm. (Jackie Borchew-jackie@orphansofthestorm.org) This event took place at the shelter, it was a grilling event and I went with my boyfriend. Right near the entrance we set up a small tent with a grill and table with snacks underneath it. We were grilling hot dogs and selling snacks and water for any donation amount. It was a pretty warm day and the other volunteers were fun, there was another kid there from our high school. Being a vegetarian, I didn't grill but I held the leash of the dog we had out a lot, talked to people who were going in and out, sold people snacks, and helped set up then clean up. I liked that this event was at the shelter because when I've volunteered for the shelter at places like the mall it's hard to get people interested, but all the people around here are already interested. It was a good idea to set this up because people stay in there for hours and tend to be hungry afterwards, and there's always kids who want a snack or baked good.  I see so many of the same people volunteering at all these events, of all different ages. Many of these people have full time jobs; they aren't volunteering for school. They do it because they love it and it's a good thing to do. We definitely raised over a couple hundred dollars at least. Another reason I liked volunteering at the shelter opposed to somewhere else is because it was a reminder of why I picked this place to volunteer at. It's really heartwarming to see people come out with the right pet for them, and this shelter couldn't operate without donations, and without volunteers to run events there wouldn't be as much donation!