My Life As A Volunteer

My Life As A Volunteer Of Clarence Schreiber 

Epikos Church 

I started to volunteer at my local chuch in July of 2014 as part of the connection team. I have done different things while volunteering here. A few of things that I've done has been greet people as they come into church, handing out bulletins which contains announcements, connections cards so they can fill out to let the church now that the people who had visited and if they have any prayer requests that they may have. And a envelope in case if they would like to donate money to the church.

Mitchell Park Domes 

And since then I also volunteer for the Mitchell Park Domes in which I have been helping out for a few years now. When I started for the Domes it was the time when I went on disability from my work due to my arthritis in both of my feet and my left ankle and also other health issues. Both places has been very accomodating because of my feet and I have been fun doing them both.

I always wanted to wanted to volunteer for the Domes for awhile. Shortly after going on disablity from due to my arthritis in both of my feet and my left ankle, I filled out an appication to voluntering at the Domes. My first time that was to volunteer for them was at a luncheon on September 24, 2015 and other dates. So, I decided to agree to volunteer for that date as well as other dates that they had offered. I have told them about my feet and they were able to accomadate by doing things that either sitting or very little standing involved. At the lunchon that I have helped out at I filled swag bags and manning the information table about the Domes. I was happy to hear that the luncheon was for the Menomonee Valley Parters and for some of the bussisnesses from the Menomonee Valley

Shepard Express 

I started to volunteer for the events sponsored by the Shepherd Express. The Shepherd Express a weekly news paper. My first volunteering job that I did for them was for the Stein and Dine event at the information table. There I helped out with helping guests where they need to go and help selling t-shirts for the event. This was a sit down job in which I was very grateful for. I also have done other events like Street Eats which was fun. I was given out promotional frisbees for them when they buy tickets to purchase food at the different vendors, I handout frisbees that acts like a plate for their food from the food trucks. This event was was held at a park in the Third Ward.

Wisconsin State Fair 

 I've been volunteering for the State Fair for about five years. When I started for them it was under the House of Moo, but for the last couple of years they have changed the name to Dairy Lane. I have learned what the dairy industry was all about in turned a teach fair goers about the industry as well and also about the different cows there was and the different types of feed that eat. I'm grateful that they given me free tickets to enter the fair and a coupon for a free grill cheese sandwich in the Dairy Provillion across the cow barn. 

My View On Volunteering

Grant you we all like to get paid for the work that we all do, but there will be a time that we will be face that many things that we will get satisfaction from won't be the work that we get paid for all the time, but the satisfaction for some of the things we don't get paid for. I know that I like to get paid as well, but I do enjoy volunteering for the places thatI do. With the volunteer jobs that I have, I am able to interact with lots of people that I incounter, because I am more of a people person.

Don't get me wrong I did enjoy my job at the grocery store and was getting paid fairly for the job that I was doing as a bagger. But when I became disabled and unable to do the work that I was doing I've found another way to enjoy a different types of other work.