Total Hours for November: 9 hours
Total Hours to be completed in December: 10 hours
Total Volunteer Hours for Semester: 42 hours
These past few months I have continued volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club and ARNO. In November, I helped out with an adoption event at the nearby Petco. There was a Star Wars litter of puppies that were the star attraction. Each of the 5 puppies had a Star Wars name and were extremely friendly. There is another adoption event this week with the adorable name “All Dogs go to Happy Hour” which combines the adoption with Happy Hour. In addition to the adoption event, I volunteered at the shelter with Melody.
For STEM mentoring in the Boys and Girls Club, I helped with homework and the Halloween party in some weeks rather than completing the animal conservation lesson. The Halloween party was extremely adorable, every single child and the instructors had a costume. For the lessons, I ended up drilling the concept for oil spills in the two STEM lessons I did complete. The animals affected by the oil spill were different for each lesson; the first lesson focused on African penguins and the second was on sea turtles. In each case, the children were taught the effects of oil on animal coats and the difficulty of removing the oil from the water. In the penguin game, there was also a lesson on overfishing which ended up being a disaster thanks to my children’s excitement on using goldfish. I think as I continue to volunteer, the children are more wiling to participate and learn so I’m hoping for the best with the lessons on bats this week.
