My experience here in Chicago has been
absolutely amazing so far. I feel like actually helping because sometimes when
I volunteer I feel as if I’m doing busy work or I feel like I can’t be trust to
do something significant. The community partners at Cornerstone trusted us and
were so grateful for our help. Looking back at the work we completed yesterday
at Cornerstone was such a great feeling. We were in charge of sorting the
donations and organizing the toy store for clients of Cornerstone. At one point
I looked around and couldn’t remember how the space looked like before we came.
I was also taken back by how much was donated. I always had this notion that
community centers were always desperate for donations. In addition, the
donations were brand new and were clothes/toys that people would actually
wear/play with. Also the idea of having a toy store for children experiencing
homelessness is a novel idea to me. I thought it was incredibly thoughtful
considering that kids make up a very large population of people who experience
homelessness.
Shalom
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