When I signed up to volunteer at
Veteran’s village I honestly didn’t know what to expect. My friend Kayanna and
I decided to make fruit skewers for the dinner, upon our arrival happiness
overcame me to simply see how much my fellow students and I did to help prepare
food for the veterans. During the dinner, I help the veterans make their plates
to take home and simply described what I made in addition to hearing about some
of their stories of their lives and valuable life lessons. my favorite memory
from the night of the dinner would be one of the veterans thanking me and my
fellow students for our charitable donation to them and how blessed we feel to
have people who genuinely cared enough to take time out their day to spend time
with him and other veterans.
Growing up my
parents always instilled in me to have respect from others no matter what their
background is anf where they’re from in addition to if you believe in something
and our passionate about it you should do everything in your power to make
others aware about it. this helped me to be so open and vulnerable and willing
tolisten their stories and experiences which made them the people that they are
today. Volunteering at veterans vintage was an extreme humbling experience that
I will remember for the rest of my life, and taught me to instill the same core
values that my parents did in me into my children.
If you see someone in need or someone that's struggling why wouldn't you want to do everything in your power to help that person? by simply volunteering by making dinner these people are so grateful in-kind to see that people genuinely care for their well-being and that in itself is gratifying and fulfilling. I urge all my fellow students to volunteer in to be open to the experience and I guarantee afterwards your heart well be running over with happiness knowing that you contributed to someone else's happine
