Will work for...a yes

I only volunteered once this week at the Boys & Girls club because of October Break.  There were a lot of other volunteers there on Monday this week to because several of the Purdue Pharmacy clubs were there for community service.  In fact, there were so many volunteers that each child had at least one if not two volunteers helping them.  The weather was amazing so after Power Hour I helped the staff lead the children on a “Follow the Leader” walk through the neighborhood around the club.  After the walk we also played a game of volunteer versus kids kickball.  There was a little girl, America, who was only five that needed help to run the bases.  During the walk and the game I ended up with several little girls that wanted my undivided attention.  Once we went back inside all the girls wanted me to play with them and of course they all wanted to do something different.  We compromised by doing what each of them wanted to do for a little while; we played basketball, jump rope, and ping pong.  I also ended up in the craft room making owl puppets with one girl who said she needed to talk to me alone.  So when she talked to me the first thing she said was “you know that thing I talked to you about the other day.”  That thing was that she “liked” one of the boys who also goes to the Boys & Girls Club.  She wanted to know how to tell if he liked her too.  The first time I told her to spend time with him when they were at the club.  The second time she wanted to know how to tell for sure but she shot down my idea for asking him or having her friends ask him.  We finally settled on the idea of her writing a note and having him check yes or not for whether he liked her.  She had me take the note to him and then bring it back to her; he checked yes.  It was so funny and reminded me of how simple life really was when we were in elementary school.  Sometimes I wish life was that simple again. 

Until next time…

XOXO Service Girl