volunteering

I did not get a chance to volunteer before the due date but I am helping a friend out in the Lund this weekend with their production.  I have done quite a few different volunteer work in the past though and figured I could just reflect on one of those.  During high school I volunteered with a program called Portland Junior Scientists (PJS) a couple times each week.  This was a program that was started by students at my high school in which after school we would go to less privileged areas and teach middle school kids some science experiments.  This was a way for us to get kids excited about science and other activities that they may not be exposed to or have the chance to do given their circumstances.  I would volunteer at two or three schools each week but would sometimes go to more schools if someone couldn't make it that week. It was really cool to connect with my community, some of these schools were right near my house, and to get young minds excited about science considering most of these schools didn't have the budget to offer decent science classes.  Overall it was a great experience and I had a lot of fun reaching out to my community.