As a Teching Fellow, you are required to perform at least 5 hours of community service a semester. Compared to my high school requirements (30+ hours!) this is a breeze. So today I got a head start on my volunteer work by helping out at the Ronald McDonald House.
Ronald McDonald House is an organization that provides the family of patients in hospitals with a place to stay for a very low cost( about $10 a night). The Chapel Hill house is very nice, and it sits back off the main road surrounded by trees...but the Ronald McDonald statues do knod of freak me out a little bit.
At the house, the other Teaching Fellow volunteers and I were asked to move the items from two of the sheds out back into the designated rooms inside the house. The work wasn't that hard and didn't take too long as we had carts (using the old "bucket passing" system worked really well too).
It was a great experience to donate my time to such a good cause, and I reccommend everyone to do it...you may even get free drinks and a T shirt like I did! Just make sure to say hi to Mable the dog on your way in!
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I think that this was a great thing to do. Everyone should try to do some community service while at Chapel Hill to better their new community. At my high school, we weren't required to do any community service and I think that it is great that your high school made that a requirement.
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