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The place where I had choosen to do my volunteer work is a place in my community called Robinson City Park. This park like many different parks requires a lot of work to keep it a nice and clean environment for the families in this community. Robinson City Park District offers many activities for families located in the area. They have a swimming pool that opens every Momoral Day weekend, jungle gyms for the children to play on, ball diamonds, and a golf and soccar field.

I chose to volunteer here because every year he has young students who want volunteer to keep the place looking nice for the families. Many of the children in this town come from disadvantaged families and sometimes need a place to go, so that they can remember what it feels like to be a kid again. This is what the park district does for the community. It provides a safe environment where children and their families can get away for a little while and just have some fun.

During the time that I was volunteering, I didn't really work with anyone hand on hand besides the director of the park, Mike Shimer. He just showed me what he wanted me to do during my voluteer time. Which was answer the phones and provide service towards the customers. He also had me paint some of the fence until it got to hot to do and plus he had ran out of paint for that day. Then after that I picked up trash all around the park, to make it look more welcoming to the families. After I was finished with that, I had went back to answering the phones for the last 15 minutes of my time.

While volunteering, I had seen many families socializing in the park. This made me realize just how valuable a place away from home really is. Many of the people in the park were children wanting to know what I was doing. Just looking for someone to reach out to them and talk to them for 10 minutes. That's when I realized just how a place that you wouldn't think of be so helpful in many ways when it comes to families. I personally really enjoyed doing this because it made me realize a bunch of different things, that I wouldn't have realized if I didn't do this project.