The first volunteer event I participated in was the Columbus marathon. I spent 6 hours volunteering at the marathon which included, helping with set up before the race and then handing out water to the runners as they passed our station. It was overall a good experience being out there with the rest of the group and it put a smile on my face being able to watch the runners up close. Seeing the smiles and excitement on their faces was awesome and being able to help raise money for the hospital made the experience even better.
The second volunteer event that I participated in was helping with the Thanksgiving food drive at my high school. When I was in high school, the basketball team always participated by helping load the buses going out with turkey’s, bread, and several other laundry baskets full of food. I returned over break this year and spent 4 hours helping the basketball team load the buses as well as help load some cars to go out as well. It felt great to be able to help my community in this way. I always have enough to eat at home, especially on Thanksgiving, and it was awesome being able to give that same feeling to someone else.