So I was really excited when I found out on the first day of ENGL 108 that we needed to find a service partner in the community for whom to complete thirty hours of service work. The first day I went on Boiler Volunteer Network and found a listing for visiting patients at a hospital in Lafayette so I called them. The lady I talked to was really enthusiastic and said that she would call me back in two days with my interview time. A week I still had not heard back from her and every time I called no one answered the phone. I decided to call the Lyn Treece Boys and Girls club on Tuesday morning, and they requested I come to the club to fill out an application and meet the staff later that afternoon. I went on Google maps to find the bus route to the club since I had never used a public transportation system before. I went to the Lily bus stop after my Biology lecture to wait for the bus that finally showed up ten minutes late. I needed to switch from bus 1B to 1A but luckily my bus just became 1A. The bus left the transfer station ten gradually headed into a poorer section of town where it left me at a bus stop, on the side of a highway by an underpass, to walk the remaining four blocks to the Boys and Girls Club. After I filled out my application the lady at the front desk told me I could leave and wait for them to call me but then a guy came out of an office and asked me to stay. He introduced himself as the director and said he would like to talk with me now if I had time. We talked for about thirty seconds when he said that if I could start this Friday then I was hired! He showed me around the facility and told me to be there at 3pm on Friday. I left the club and then walked back to the bus stop I got off at only to find out after waiting twenty minutes for a bus that I had to cross the street in order to catch a bus that was going back to campus! I finally arrived back on campus two hours after having begun my journey, but I can’t wait until my first day Friday!
Until next time…
XOXO Service Girl
I thought it was pretty funny that you had a little bit of a bus issue. I haven’t used the bus system here. Well for that matter I haven’t used a bus system anywhere. They are a little but intimidating and also sort of hard to figure out which one, when and where to get on. Anyway glad you got it all figured out. I was very lucky to find a place that I could walk to.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I have heard very good things about Boys and Girls Club’s. When I started searching for places to volunteer at this one was a possibility. I think it is very important for children to have good role models around them when growing, learning and playing. Also, for them to know that someone cares about them, is looking out for them.
Looking forward to hearing how the first day went and more about the Club in general.