Service Journal
I just wanted to say a few words about my volunteering at Skyline Towers. Skyline Towers is an apartment complex that offers an after school program for kids. Last semester I was part of the reading corps and helped kids read after school. This semester I am helping out with the computer lab. The kids are ages 7 to 14. I was really surprised my first week returning when the kids remembered my name. I had no idea that I had that much impact. The kids are so sweet. All they want is a friend and I am glad that I can be there. In the computer lab I help watch the kids as they surf the internet. Many of them have no computer at home and many just have no idea how to use it. It is especially difficult if they don't know english and the key board to them looks like a bunch of chinese symbols to me. Many kids just want to watch inappropriate music videos or tv shows and it is up to the advisors to direct them in the right direction. In my third and forth time volunteering I helped Mindy ( computer lab organizer) create a poster for a new computer program that will help the kids learn about the computer and all the jargon that a computer entails. I hope it works out and the kids enjoy it. They have not started it yet.
Peace