Showing posts with label volunteering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label volunteering. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Friday, September 6, 2013
G2 Finds a Volunteering Niche
According to her:
I got to play with all kinds of fun kids. Well, the oldest kid with 16 months, so they're more like babies ;). There were five other adults there and I helped play with the little ones. It's for a group that shares English language with Japanese women. It's so fun to be in the nursery, because I get to be with such little kids. One cried the whole time (girl), but she stopped when I was entertaining her. Another one who cried the whole time finally fell asleep. It was hard for them to be without their moms for the first time. But their moms were studying English in order to be more active while their dads work in this area. I was there for 2 and a half hours, but it seemed like only 30 minutes! That's a good thing.
(G2 earned her babysitting certificate this summer and hopes to get more experience with babies before she takes on a job someday to babysit on her own.)
I got to play with all kinds of fun kids. Well, the oldest kid with 16 months, so they're more like babies ;). There were five other adults there and I helped play with the little ones. It's for a group that shares English language with Japanese women. It's so fun to be in the nursery, because I get to be with such little kids. One cried the whole time (girl), but she stopped when I was entertaining her. Another one who cried the whole time finally fell asleep. It was hard for them to be without their moms for the first time. But their moms were studying English in order to be more active while their dads work in this area. I was there for 2 and a half hours, but it seemed like only 30 minutes! That's a good thing.
(G2 earned her babysitting certificate this summer and hopes to get more experience with babies before she takes on a job someday to babysit on her own.)
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Guest Post: G1 Volunteers at Local Library
What do I do at my volunteer job at the library? By G1
So, my first day volunteering at the library I sorted out the due date cards. sorting them was like playing cards. you had to sort the cards to date which was like dealing the cards out. Not that interesting, but it needed to be done. That was the only thing I did. On the next visit, I went to the library and I first had to clean the break fridge. There was an interesting looking orange. Cleaning was really easy.
Then I had to check the books that the library did and did not have from the catalogue. You have to search the book, check the author and write the appropriate symbols. That was all from the last 2 weeks. On my third week I had to make some brochures ( well not really"made" but I folded them) then I sorted out some more due date cards. then I had to rearrange some books, which was not hard at all. Then I HAD TO BIKE HOME, which wasn't that hard, but it was cold and my ears were hurting after that. I probably won't do that again in the cold... Lessons learned. Good day.
Then I had to check the books that the library did and did not have from the catalogue. You have to search the book, check the author and write the appropriate symbols. That was all from the last 2 weeks. On my third week I had to make some brochures ( well not really"made" but I folded them) then I sorted out some more due date cards. then I had to rearrange some books, which was not hard at all. Then I HAD TO BIKE HOME, which wasn't that hard, but it was cold and my ears were hurting after that. I probably won't do that again in the cold... Lessons learned. Good day.