Patrice+M.

Total hours: 30 hours Thrift Shop hours: 22 hours Yoga hours: 8

7/23/13
 * 1) I haven't been keeping this journal entries as daily as I probably should have, but I thought I should take this opportunity to fill you in on what I've been doing so far. At the end of the year I met with Mr. Brophy, who so kindly took me on when Ms. Lite had resigned, in the meeting we discussed which of my hours counted and which did not. The relay for life hours did not count because they are a school functioned activity, the other 20 hours I had from a Vacation Bible school were not counted because I had done that service in middle school. So through no fault of anyone else, I started the summer with zero hours. To get hours I called 9 different organizations all throughout the summer. I was so frustrated by the lack of response that I looked into getting my GED. It turns out they are given at the end of the school year from where my Aunt works, more on that later. The trouble I ran into with these adult organizations was getting any response back about whether or not they needed me, so I would wait around, call back a few times only to find out that they didn't need me. This process went on for most of June and into July The ninth place I called was a local thrift shop which is volunteer operated focused on raising money for victims of domestic violence, specifically women, although some men too. After two weeks of phone tag I final got an interview with one lady Smith. And after a 5 minute interview she decided to try me on for a trial run to see if "she liked me." So tomorrow I start the trial run from 10:30 to 3. Who would have thought it would be so hard to give free labor.

7/25/13
 * 1) Yesterday were my first official counted hours. I volunteered at a thrift shop called women's hope from 10:30-3. I am due back Monday and Wednesday of next week for the rest of summer, even during pre-season. My newer project that I'm working on for my Aunt is helping her teach a yoga class to mentally handicap child at her school called Pennsbury. My Aunt Ag has been a Special Ed teacher for as long as I can remember and she called me up to see if I would be interested. She also called me because she knew I was at a loss for hours, and I was minutes away from signing up for my GED. To be a teacher of sorts I have to learn the yoga from two different videos. So I did a half hour of that yesterday. I am due to teach the class next Tuesday and Thursday. I am excited for this opportunity because it might be a possible field that I could study. The yoga class itself was developed by an OT and can be used for people of all capabilities.

7/30/13
 * 1) Today I led my first Yoga class with about 20 kids from Bensalem who had various disabilities. I really liked it and everyone was so nice and grateful. It truly was a rewarding experience. On monday I worked at the thrift shop for another 4.5 hours. It's really starting to come together now. I am also in the works of joining Kourtney Walter in building a playground in New Jersey on August 24th. She said that that will be ten hours at least. So all is going well.

8/21/13
 * 1) Today I am going back to the Thrift shop to get my final signatures for the service log form I found online. And I am also finishing the application forms for the service I've already done because doing service for the Women's center of Montgomery County is not on the approved list from 2011. Who knows maybe it'll make it to the 2014 approved list. In previous journal entries I mentioned that I may be building a playground in New Jersey but that is no longer the case. The reason for this being that all of my free time between field hockey practice is being devoted to either summer homework or college applications. And seeing as I already have 30 hours for my graduation project I need to start working on the next step to graduating Jenkintown High School and entering into college. Yay for the future.