Volunteering-What a Great Feeling

Yesterday was my first shift volunteering. My time was from 1:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. and I was helping out as an Office Assistant. So I got there, and found out I would be answering phones and stuffing envelopes. I got right to it and it was really easy, but some of the calls were difficult as the organization is a place that brings home cooked meals to people who are terminally ill with diseases like AIDS, cancer, etc. One person called and said that she just moved to Denver and she was starving, didn't have anything in her home and needed us. I got a chill throughout my body and transferred her call to someone who could help her.

I met a lot of the staff who were so great and warm. They got some of their grant money yesterday from different counties and were dancing and elated with joy at the generosity of people from years past.

I left there after my 4 hours thinking...how can people not volunteer? I wish I wouldn't have waited so long to do it. But now that I'm in it-there's no stopping me.

I have warm fuzzies all over.