Take time to do something good

So for my third community service location, I picked a place called Dolly's closet in Newark. Dolly's closet is a place where all sorts of things are being donated to the less fortunate. The main purpose of this organization is to offer clothing to the people who really can't afford to go out and buy it. I chose this place because I was in desperate need of a place to volunteer at and Adriana told me how her aunt works at a place called Dolly's closet, when she told me about the organization I automatically knew I wanted to check this place out. I went over to Adriana's house right after school today and we left our things there and headed over to Newark. When we got there, we got introduced to everyone, and got started pretty quickly. The ladies that worked there were probably the funniest people I had ever met, especially Adriana's aunt. As we pulled up to Dolly's closet, there was already a line of people waiting to get in. As soon as those doors opened, everyone would rush in.

The front room was just a plan rectangular room with a bunch of clothing racks spaced neatly all over the room. Each rack had different kinds of clothing, and most of them were labeled, for example "women's skirts, young men or toddlers." There was an office desk at one end, that's where you get all your paper work done and you get registered to get your stuff. At the other two corners were shelves that included things like shoes, hair products, goodie bags, hygiene products, etc. We got started in the back room, where all the magic happens! The back room had all the things that were donated, things like food, clothes, and simple all around the house products that everyone needs. The ladies told me and Adriana to open the big black garbage bags and hang all the clothes that are in them. There were a couple of racks in the back room, with like millions and millions of hangers hanging on them. There were like 10 huge bags, with clothes that ranged from little kid clothes to teens like me and you and to the elderly. When we hung the things, we went out into the front room to arrange the clothes in the racks. Sometimes we wouldn't even need to because as soon as we rolled the rack into the room, the people would just take them off that rack. 

I really had a good time volunteering at this place, it really made me appreciate the things I have. I mean I know that's really cliche because people say that all the time, but do they really mean it? I'm sure we get told to appreciate what we have multiple times on a daily basis, mostly by our mom. We usually just push it off to the side but when you see something like what I saw today, it really opens up your eyes. I think this organization connects to the fact that poverty exists, it's out there and it's waiting to be noticed. It really inspired me to see that these people that have their own life to run come in here and spend time to help the people that don't a lot of attention from time to time. It really did make me have a whole different perspective on poverty, and on families that worry about what they should feed their kids tomorrow for dinner, I'm glad I chose Dolly's closet.