Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Be a Volunteer
I was looking at volunteer opportunites at
Volunteer Match and was excited to find a volunteer org in
Dayton. I hurriedly searched for a type of task that I had in mind.
Luckily, I found one that sounded fun plus close to my place. The
Dayton Asian Cultural Festival featured cultures from China, India, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Vietnam and of course, Philippines. The event started at 11am until 8pm but volunteers worked on shifts. They had volunteer jobs for information booth / t-shirt sales, raffle tickets, evaluations / interviews, etc. I decided to participate in selling beverages.
It seemed to be a perfect sunny day. The event was held at our town's library park. There were lots of people, mostly families from different races - walking, eating, watching performances, having fun. There were stalls set up around the place by the different featured Asian countries.
It was really fun doing the job (especially meeting new friends), until our hands got hurt from the very cold ice water on the tub. There were lots of times that we have to dig in to get those 'hard-to-find' cans of sodas. Aarrghh! My hands and arms got red and numb. Hahaha!
After our shift, we grabbed some Indian food. I was about to leave when I remembered I have to go to the Philippines stall. Of course, how can I forget! They served lumpia, pancit and adobo. They were also selling other things like accessories and other hand-made stuff.
While walking back to my car, I felt fulfilled again for another check on my To-do list. I've been doing virtual volunteer jobs already but it's really more fun helping in person. Can't wait for the next time.
posted @ 7:27 PM
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Be a Volunteer
I was looking at volunteer opportunites at
Volunteer Match and was excited to find a volunteer org in
Dayton. I hurriedly searched for a type of task that I had in mind.
Luckily, I found one that sounded fun plus close to my place. The
Dayton Asian Cultural Festival featured cultures from China, India, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Vietnam and of course, Philippines. The event started at 11am until 8pm but volunteers worked on shifts. They had volunteer jobs for information booth / t-shirt sales, raffle tickets, evaluations / interviews, etc. I decided to participate in selling beverages.
It seemed to be a perfect sunny day. The event was held at our town's library park. There were lots of people, mostly families from different races - walking, eating, watching performances, having fun. There were stalls set up around the place by the different featured Asian countries.
It was really fun doing the job (especially meeting new friends), until our hands got hurt from the very cold ice water on the tub. There were lots of times that we have to dig in to get those 'hard-to-find' cans of sodas. Aarrghh! My hands and arms got red and numb. Hahaha!
After our shift, we grabbed some Indian food. I was about to leave when I remembered I have to go to the Philippines stall. Of course, how can I forget! They served lumpia, pancit and adobo. They were also selling other things like accessories and other hand-made stuff.
While walking back to my car, I felt fulfilled again for another check on my To-do list. I've been doing virtual volunteer jobs already but it's really more fun helping in person. Can't wait for the next time.
posted @ 7:27 PM
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