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Why I Volunteer At The Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library

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There are many ideas that come to mind when asked about being a good neighbor. The most important is to give back to the community; volunteerism is key to being a good neighbor. I have shown this in many ways that I will explain further. For five years now, I have volunteered at the Summer Reading program at the Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library. I took up many duties during my time volunteering, such as serving food, helping the children complete their crafts, cleaning, and doing several activities. Some days they would complete a craft which I would help to direct them with, and other days there would be a full activity depending on the theme of the program that summer. I would serve them their snacks, and also clean up after them when they finished. Of five years of doing this, I have completed at least 100 hours of community service at the library. Critter Club was another program at the Eccles-Lesher Memorial Library that I also volunteered for. I had much of the same responsibilities, other than I dealt strictly with children under four years old only, making it more of a tedious job, and required much more cleaning. I served them snacks and cleaned up after them, and ready them stories on the letters they learned that day. I would also help them with their crafts, or complete crafts for the younger babies. …show more content…

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