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Happy New Year! Hope everyone is having a great break. Just a friendly reminder but we come back to school on the 9th. Meaning it's a new semester which also means that you need to start trying to work on getting 25 volunteer hours.
When: Every Sunday from 2 pm - 4 pm (except the first Sunday of the month)
Where: 1315 Hwy 1187, STE 115. Mansfield, TX 76063
Info: During this opportunity, you will be creating care packages for families in Eastern Europe. Don't forget to bring your hours sheet!
When: Every other Tuesday from 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm (no meeting in December)
Where: Green Room
Info: In these meetings, we talk about volunteer opportunities and plan social events that involve service.
Make sure to check out the website as well for updates on volunteer opportunities
Try to find volunteer opportunities on your own, so you can be even more involved with your community.
People always say that volunteering helps the community and those around us, but the extent to which has always been unknown to me Sure you can look at a mission statement and get an idea of what they are doing but until you are shown behind the scenes until you understand exactly the impact you made you'll have no idea how much volunteering, even just a little bit, can help. My volunteer experience at Mission Arlington did just that.
Once I arrived at the Mission I went to the counter and waited in line to be assigned work by the Mission It was only a couple of minutes later when I was told what I had to do, load food stored in the warehouses into the back of a truck so it could be distributed. I started loading the truck and after a few hours of back-breaking labor, the deed was done. I didn't think much of it at the time, after all, what is volunteering for a few hours going to do?
Afterward, I finished my task and headed back to the task assignment center looking for more work This time I was assigned shoe sorting After another hour of sorting shoes I went to get my volunteer log signed and went to leave the Mission, but on the way out something unexpected happened. Somebody stopped me outside the Mission and gave me a street address, telling me to go there. After driving to the location, I discovered a huge warehouse full of toys and Christmas gifts. My jaw dropped at the enormous size of the building that moment was cut short a second later as an employee collected me to help unload a truck that had come with more gifts After 30 minutes of unloading the truck, he said he wanted to show me something. At first, I was hesitant but then I agreed to go with him and see what he wanted to show me.
He took me through a dimly lit corridor, through a back door, and then finally into another, even more, massive room than the first, filled up to the brim with toys, and told me about how much my volunteer work mattered All of these toys were all moved here by volunteers and many massive organizations donated toys to the Mission, including Toys for Tots. He told me that even though I only volunteered for a couple of hours it all added up in the end and it allowed the Mission to invite low-income families to this warehouse to pick 4 toys per child to give their kids for Christmas. At that moment I felt pride in what I had accomplished. Even though I initially only thought I was making a small difference, I now saw that with my work and other volunteers from all over the area we as a team could make a difference and affect hundreds of families in a positive way and learned just how valuable volunteering, even for just a little bit, could be.
The thirst project is a non-profit that's comprised of high school and college students. Their goal is to help provide clean water to countries that need it.
Unicef is a program that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to mothers and children in developing countries. Kiwanis has teamed up with them to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus.
This is a non-profit that works to improve the lives of mothers and children by preventing birth defects and premature birth and decreasing the infant mortality.
This is a non-profit that is set on aiding kids whose parents can't afford medical care. All donations go towards research and up-to-date equipment.
