Shriner's!

This past week I did another community service opportunity... volunteering at Shriner's through G.I.V.E.! It was a very different experience for me, in a way. Seeing children and some adults in this hospital was sort of hard for me. For example, we were playing cards with a boy who was 17 years old, who could not even leave his hospital room because he had a new type of therapy in his bed that he had to stay in. When we were playing cards with him, we were talking, and he was asking us where we wanted to go to school and what we wanted to do when we were older, etc. It made me sort of sad for a while after, thinking about how much I take my health and my life for granted. This boy seemed very smart and it was obvious he was hungry for learning and experiencing and growing, and because of one disability, he was not able to follow through with that as much as he would like. I think that it is very important for people to go out of their way to volunteer and spend time with peers who are not as fortunate as they are. This boy was all smiles while we played cards with him, which also inspired me, because when I think that my life may be hard at times, I can just think of what he has to go through on a daily basis.
Shriner's was a great experience and I hope to go more often through G.I.V.E.!