Kylin+V

I had a great time volunteering at McIlvain Playground and I plan on going back the summer of 2013.
 * Started looking for hospitals to volunteer at
 * Planned on volunteering at a hospital at the nursery ward and help the baby's that didn't have mothers. This included holding them, feeding them, and helping out around the ward
 * Called hospitals multiple times, didn't get a call back from any:
 * Abington, St. Chris, Chop
 * Got a call back from Abington, I was told they did not have a program like that
 * The lady told me she would look around to see if there was anything she could help me out with and call me back in a couple of days.
 * Did not get a call back.
 * Changed my mind and tried to look for some nursing homes to volunteer at a couple of different places to see the differences in some of them.
 * Could not find any that needed any help
 * Finally, July 4th, 2012 I got a call from Kourtney Walter saying there was a place off of Frankford Ave. in North East Philadelphia.
 * July 6th was my first day volunteering at McIlvain Playground.
 * McIlvain Playground was a day camp with children ranging in age from three years old to twelve years old.
 * Everyday I had to get up at seven-thirty or eight a.m. and be at McIlvain at nine.
 * My hours of volunteering everyday was from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
 * Nothing much happened that day, we jumped right in and tried to figure out what to do on our own
 * The following Monday, July 9th, we stayed at the camp and played outside and inside.
 * Every Wednesday was considered "pool day"
 * We would go to water play or the pool
 * Water play was a little playground where there was sprinklers and children playgrounds for the children to run around in
 * I went everyday for most of the summer
 * Towards the end of my time at McIlvain, July 23rd, I was in a car accident and that held me back from being able to go and volunteer for a couple of days.
 * After a little while, I was able to go back and volunteer but my time as limited there because of many doctors appointments.
 * In August, we had "Wacky Water Day" for the children and we set up activities around the playground for them to play and we set up a water slide on the slide.
 * For the last day, everybody at the camp had to participate in a 'secret Santa'
 * Names were chosen and whosever name was chosen we had to buy a present for them. Even if it was for a child.
 * The only rule was the present was not to exceed five dollars.