A volunteer to me means that you give up your time to help a need or cause for no payment of any sort.
I learnt that people living with a disability need people taking care of them nearly 24/7 and that some basic things like driving or cooking is impossible to them. Some of them cant even talk which makes you feel like they cant communicate easily to others.
I enjoyed most sitting next to a man called Anthony who does not talk much he was playing Bingo when i was sitting next to me he really wanted to win Bingo and he happened to win he was really happy and i did not see him so happy before that and the second time he won i could not blieve what i saw he was just over the moon. Talking to him was also very funny and i couldve stayed next to him for the rest of the day.
I least enjoyed when I started talking to Jess that she didnt stop and it felt like it was to rude to walk away so I had to wait for around 15 minutes before she had a break and i could talk and do something else other than listen.
We did our second Leisure Options session at Wambana on friday the 1st of April. They all arrived in buses and we went up and catched up with them. We then prepared pizzas with them to go into the pizza oven. The pizzas for lunch went well and the icecream cones after was a good dessert. After lunch we all played some ball games like over and under and left and right. Then I went and helped on the mosaic but some other boys went and played sports like footy and cricket with the Leisure Options group.I really enjoyed this day and I think all the Leisure Options group were very happy to come and be with us for the day.
Now you know what it is like when someone talks too much........... good for you to have contact with people less fortunate than yourself.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it would be good to do some more community volunteering. These people love having young people visiting them as their lives can be very dull. Remember how Nana Gwen and the ladies in her nursing home loved visitors.
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