volunteer log

Project Three Volunteer Log
Eckerd College

Name of Organization:
Creative Clay

Location of Organization:
Central ave. st petersburg

Volunteer Opportunity:
Working with mentally disabled adults in the community with art classes as well as selling their work.

Review of Volunteering:
It’s a very new experience. The people who work there are very into the community they live in on all sides in all aspects. The men and women you work with there are also very into helping the community. They are proud people of not only who they are but the life they live.
What did you do?
I work in the classroom helping them with their art they are creating. I helped Lawrence with his stirring rod for his witch to stir her cauldron. I have also helped out with folk fest trying to get information for a grant, and selling merchandise.


When did you do it?
I have completed 20 hours, but the hours I describe are from multiple dates, 9/28 was folk fest, 10/10 is when I worked with Lawrence, and 11/7 is when I sold merchandise at a fundraising event here at eckerd.

What did you learn?
I learned that people are very dedicated in this field of work. Everyone is determined to better the community and better the company. This volunteering experience is my first with adults, and I learned that they are wonderful to talk to and work with. I even learned about the biggest plane called the airbus, that Lawrence and I looked up on the computer to learn more about the plans of the interior and future of this plane.

What are your future plans?
As it being my QFM volunteering place, I have 20 more hours there to complete, and then to voice the need of this organization for volunteers, and to show how they are carving their steps into the community. Just about every semester of my college career I have had the requirement to volunteer, and I have done the required hours at some, but also beyond that at some, including the boys and girls club. It’s a good feeling to volunteer within the community, and shows a whole other world that without these opportunities I would not have seen. My plan for future is to volunteer on the occasion, probably not for creative clay but for whatever at that point in my life I am interested in or concerned about.