I volunteered at a Goodwill store as part of the Columbus Day of Service for 5 hours. The Columbus Day of Service is an annual event that sends groups of volunteers out to various locations to serve the community.
At Goodwill, my group was tasked with removing older products from the floor of the store so new products could be put out to sell. This allows for fresh merchandise to be put on display as well as the old to be sold to another place to be sold in bulk. From this experience I learned that there are some things you have to let other people do because your expertise in that area is not as strong as theirs. This has to do with the tasks of the other group who had to determine which donated clothes were suitable to be able to sell in the store. This volunteering experience also allowed me to learn things about leadership by the way the employees of Goodwill interacted with their costumers in such a friendly manner as well as how they worked in a team together.
Because of this service-learning opportunity, I have a better understand of all of the hard work that goes into running a Goodwill retail store and how many people their goods and services affect.