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__December 7, 2010__ For my graduation project I plan to volunteer at Abington Hospital, American cancer society, or volunteer at CHOP Hospital. I plan to volunteer at a hospital or other organizations associated with Hospital like work.

__April 5, 2011__ My first attempt to start my volunteer work didn't work. I was going to volunteer at a hospital with my friend because her uncle worked there. The problem was to volunteer at the hospital you have to be 15 or older, but my friend wasn't 15 or older so she stopped getting the information causing me not to have the volunteering opportunity at the hospital. Now my mom is trying to help me by trying to contact my aunt who does book work and other jobs for different doctors who will look into helping me get a volunteering opportunity. Also, my friend Tierra has volunteering contact with Rydal Park Nursing home. I am also going to do the Relay for life at school this June.

__October 3,2011__ Over the summer i dedicated most of my summer to volunteering. I volunteered at many different places like Ronald McDonald house, CHOP, Allyson Schwartz campaign, and Josh Shipiro and Leslie Richards campaign. All together I dedicated about 42 hours to these organizations.

Ronald McDonald house, which is a house that houses families whose children or loved one are in the CHOP. I helped prepare burgers and hot dogs and surved ice cream for dessert to the families there. I really enjoyed doing this for the families there because they were all going through hard times and it felt like i was making their stay a little bit easier.

CHOP I helped make bears at Build- A-Bear Workshop for the children at CHOP who were undergoing some kind of treatment there. This organization ties in the with CHOP radiothon, which I volunteered at where I helped make crafts with the children and later on the children recieved their bears that were made for them.

Allyson Schwartz campaign I helped with her BBQ she had that was to inform other political people of her plans if she was elected. I helped by setting up the event (decorating, organizing, setting up the food) and I signed everyone who was invited to the event in.

Josh Shipiro and Leslie Richards campaign I donated the most amount of hours to. I helped their campaign by sending out information packets to homes to inform the people of Josh Shipiro and Leslie Richards intents and what they plan on doing for the future if they were elected.

__November 18,2011__ Even though, I have all my hours complete I plan on volunteering about 150 more hours of my time to Saint Christopher's Hospital. At Saint Christopher's I plan on being involved in the cuddling program, which I can hold the babied in the nursery who don't have anyone visiting them. I am also going to be involved in another program there where I play, eat lunch, or just talk to the sick children in the hospital. I don't just plan to stop my volunteering there I plan to do more volunteering in the future.

__November 21,2011__ I also volunteer a lot with a group my mom is involved in called the Foresters. With the Foresters I volunteer almost ever weekend. Recently over this past weekend I volunteered at an Old folks home, which we had a Casino day where the elders played bingo, black jack, and they had a slot machine on the computer. I helped by running the Bingo.

__August 4, 2012__ Today, was my birthday, which I donated 8 hours to rebuilding a play ground in North East Philly, with the forester's organization. I helped paint benches, lay down mulch, and repaint equipment. It was a really great experience because the local kids seemed to love that we were there fixing their play ground. Rebuilding the play ground was also possible by KaBoom an non-profit organization that is committed to creating safe play grounds in walking distance for many children.

__April 13,2013__ Today we volunteered with Forester's to create an Around the World theme prom for kids in the oncology word at St. Christopher's Hospital. At St. Chris's I helped hang decorations, like streamers, curtains, I hung ceiling decorations, and I helped set up activities, like penguin bowling. It was really fun: the theme was really festive and fun. I also liked that I was allowing teenagers to get the same experience I am going to have. Some of these kids might not beat their disease, but now their families have memories of their child going to the prom. It was a really wonderful experience.