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Amazing Grace pt. 4

Once again, I'm back at the Amazing Grace carehome with more of LeeTee! I came to the carehome around 6PM and she was eating her dinner. She said she wanted me to come back after her doctor appointment to read her the other half of her bed time story.. Cinderella! I went home and did homework until 9PM.. which was when I went back to the care home to read LeeTee her bed time story. By the time I was there, she was already snuggled into her bed with her jammies on. As soon as she heard me walk in, she got really excited. I decided to bring in a little treat with me to enjoy her story time. I baked her brownies when she was at the doctors, so they were fresh. So while I read her the ending to Cinderella she had some brownies and milk. After seeing how much she enjoyed my company, I felt really good about myself because the look on her face was really heartwarming. On another note, ever since this day I've been coming in and out of the Amazing Grace Carehome to visit LeeTee and bake her goodies.

church fundraising

Its time again to decide where i would like to do some volunteer hours. I was thinking if i should try something different or if i should do one of the other things ive done already. This time i worked at the same location but did something different, at holy spirit church. This time i worked a booth at the festival. I did this with some of my friends just so i wouldnt be that bored.

What i had to do at the booth was try and sell food for a fundraiser for the church. We were trying to get some money to help the school out. We had many booths throughout the holy spirit parking lot. We had food, games, and a stage, for singing and dancing. Working at the booth was fun because its good to know you are serving for a good cause.

What ive learned at this fundraiser is that its jot easy to keep up the pace. You need to be quick and prepared so that the line doesnt back up. I also learned that doing something for others is a good feeling. Everyone is having a good time while feeding the hungry church goers and helping the holyspirit church school.

feeding the elderly

For my next set of community service, i didn’t know if i should volunteer at the same place or if i should try something new. I thought it would be nice to try something new, so i did. This time i volunteered at my local church here in fremont, Holy Spirit. I didnt know that the church, after certain massed, has a small breakfast/lunch service for the people who attended that mass.

So after the mass i went to the small hall, where the elderly ate, and i helped prepare the food. We had salad, mixed fruit, soup, and some brownies. After preparing the food, Father Matt came in and led the prayer. After doing that i had to help hand out the food to everyone there, and there was at least 50+ elderly people. Of course once everyone was finished eating their meal i had to help clean up. And let me tell you, cleaning you was the worst part of this whole thing because i had to sort everything out from trash, recycle, and compost.

Honestly, i enjoyed volunteering there. Why? Because all the elderly people are so nice. Theyre so sweet hearted. I liked it also because i know i was really helping them out, and because the fact that theyre old and they cant really move like they used too, i know that they were really glad that they had someone to help them with this kind of stuff. I would like to volunteer here again in the future.

Pow Wow

The last day for the Native American Studies Program was Saturday June 9,2012. They ended it with a Pow Wow which is a small gathering where they dance and they have jewelry, leather, shoes, purses and other really interesting things that they make. When I got there I saw many people there. They were mostly watching the dancers who had some really interesting outfits. Many Native Americans had feathers and really colorful jewelry and leather shoes. Some had booths where they were selling hand made jewelry, kits to make leather purses, clothes, and other things. I went to every booth and I bought a few things like crystal rocks and this really nice rock with a horse craved in it. The horse is suppose to symbolize inner power freedom. Thats one of the things I really like about the Native American culture everything has a meaning.
As we walked over to the next booth we noticed a really big pipe we asked the person what it was for and he said that in the transition of  a boy to a man they were to smoke out of the pipe with their father. Also whenever they had company over they would ask the man to have a smoke to show them respect and welcoming. Mike who was the man in charge of the booth said that women werent allowed to touch the pipe in fact they werent allowed to do what men did like shoot arrows or throw spheres something Mike said that really caught my attention was "women are givers of life men are takers of life" what he meant was that since women could give birth they gave life therefore shouldn't take life by killing that was a men's job. He also said that when there were many men in charge it was usually the elder woman who made critical decisons in the tribe. This was really intresting to know.
We then walked over to the dancers and there were these little girls with some really nice outfits I asked if I could take a picture with them and they said yes. Then I met this older dancer who wore a really nice outfit with lots of feathers and bead he told me that the Pow Wow waa a gathering where all tribes came together. I asked him how he felt about the way their lands were taken away from them and he told me the coolest story about how his great great great grandfather was the first Native American to become a U.S citizen. I found his story really intresting.
I really enjoyed working with the Native American program I learned so much about their culture and it made me realize how we all see things in a different way. For example, my culture can be similar to the Native American culture but it can be really different as well. The kids I met from the different trbes thaught me so much about them and how they are different. Unfortunetly the Native American Studies Program is over due to school ending so we wont be able to go till school starts. Im really glad me and Edgar joined this program and I cant wait to go back.