The Covid- 19 pandemic made it more difficult to find traditional volunteer opportunities while on campus, but I was still able to find other ways to help out the community. This year I was able to learn and try new things, such as socializing with bunnies through Ohio House Rabbit Rescue, tying pieces of plastic together in order to make sleeping mats for the homeless, and assembling harm reduction safety kits for Safe Point. These experiences were completely new to me, and they were able to show me how volunteering and helping the community can be done in ways that I might not have initially expected. This year, my favorite volunteer experience would have to be when I was able to make “plarn” out of plastic bags. It was nice to be able to reuse the plastic bags that I had accumulated while on campus, and put them toward something that could be useful to people throughout Columbus. I was unaware of how tying and crocheting pieces of plastic bags together could be made into waterproof sleeping mats for the homeless. I had never heard of “plarn” before, so it was really exciting to learn something new that can be done easily and safely during the pandemic. I am thankful for this experience and what it was able to teach me, and I hope to continue it when I return to campus.