Service Experience

The organization I went to go help at was Family Shelter Services for women of domestic violence in Naperville. For confidential purposes the address can not be shared. Tracye was the director of the home and that is who I was talking to in order to get my hours done. I ended up with 15 service hours because another class required hours as well. To finish up my service hours I went throughout the whole semester.
The whole project was to help renovate a children's playroom. Years before the basement had been ruined by a busted pipe in the wall and flooded the basement. My group and I helped renovate essentially the whole room. We painted the room and now we are working on decorating the basement.
We all took part in organizing the left over toys and throwing away the old ones that weren't useful. We all took turns cleaning and painting. We even made a Facebook page to keep in constant communication on what had to be done. Even though the page was made the communication sometimes was frustrating and that is the only time we all were. Other than that we all enjoyed fixing the room for a good cause. We are determined to finish the room even though it looks like it will roll over to summer work. We really want to see the finished product.
I learned a lot about domestic violence not only at the shelter but also in class. It is nice to know there are nonprofit organizations like these to help women and their children. I would defiantly recommend helping out at any organization with domestic violence involvement. I really enjoyed it and would do it all over again.

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