Volunteering

Volunteering requires time, effort, and talent but gives exciting impressions, helps to meet new people, acquaintances and gives an opportunity to help those in need. I began my first ever volunteer experience this year at The Boys and Girls Club. The Boys and Girls Club is designed to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to become productive, responsible and caring citizens. In the 1990s, their mission was to first establish clubs in the most challenged communities in America, such as public housing areas and Native American lands, where the work of starting clubs was hard, and sustaining them was even harder. The Boys and Girls Club is now one of the top ten nonprofit organizations in America. A safe place to learn, grow and have fun; state-of-the-art technology and learning centers; and, most important of all, trained professional staff who cares deeply and are dedicated to the success of every child who walks through the doors. The Boys and Girls club strive to develop and retain capable employees who will support the mission and goals of the club. Their are many different positions such as School Site Director, Social Worker, Library Tutor and much more. All of these positions require at least a High School diploma, and many of the others require at least some college experience. The employees and volunteers hired to help these children have to have a understanding of the needs and interests of youth. They experience planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating youth programs and need to have the ability to work collaboratively with parents, teachers, administrators and other community partners.Working as a volunteer for the after school programs was extremely rewarding. Some of the kids in the program really needed positive mentors. I began to see very positive results in many of the children that had difficulties at home, school, etc. My job consisted of many different things from, helping with math, reading and writing