Volunteering

Today the kiddos and I spent the afternoon volunteering, I feel it is an extremely important thing for not only children but for adults to do.

Volunteering has plenty of positive value, when you volunteer you are helping out someone in need. You get to meet new people, learn new skills, gain an appreciation for what you have, and it feels good to help!

Today we helped my aunt who runs the local mobile market, the mobile market delivers fresh food and produce to those in need. Every day of the week the truck pulls up to a local parking lot, sets up tables and crates of fresh produce. The produce is free, and all that is asked of people visiting the site is that they take only what they need and will consume before it spoils. Today the market helped 165 people in just two of the locations the kids and I helped out at.

I was one proud mom watching my kids out there, my oldest helped set up tables, load and unload crates of food from the truck. While my two girls helped hand out snack pack bags to the elementary school aged children.

I was extremely proud that they not only wanted to help, but were having a great time doing so, they were talking with everyone who came to see them.

Volunteering for this particular project was a near and dear one for me, not only does my aunt do a lot to help the community by working for the market, but I have been on the receiving end of the line. There have been times during and after my divorce that feeding and providing for my children was difficult. I love that I am able to repay the very services that assisted me by helping them provide to others!

It was a great afternoon, one I will cherish in memories for years to come.