This is where I spent the day today...My sister Kate talked me into Volunteering once again... She asked 1 time before, & I had done it; because, she had no-one to help her at all.
So, to my surprise Kate, asked as Again..LOL!!!
I have given up my days of I being 1 of the so called "Do gooders" of the World along time ago...
When the reality of the World had set in...I had 1 to many fatalities...I gave up the health care I was doing..I got burnt out. At that time we had no "Debriefing....
"I vowed NEVER to get involved in another volunteer organization.. I would not allow that hurt inside...
The helpless feeling of not being to help. When, the small child died in front of me, it was so hard...
To face the parent to say...
How do you say...
What do you say?
Their are no words....
Anyway you get the picture.....
That's why I would not Volunteer any more......
So, Kate had kind of coerced me into this..
She knows I HATE being home lately.
So,she said to me.." What are you doing on Tuesday?"
Now, I know something is up when out ofthe blue Kate asks something like this.
So, I ask Why??
Then she tells me the same as last time..Only this time she lays it on a little thicker....How can I say NO to her?
She gives me the same old Bull-Shit..
That: there is no Aid & she needs Some-one to help....
Would I Please???
So,fool thatI am... I agree..
Then she asks if I will make a chicken,broccoli, mushroom & rice dish for 30-40of the people who will be in Program!!!!
Holy-Shit!!! OMG!!!!!!!
Now she wants a list of the products she will need to pick up ahead of time. So, I sit down & figure out what she will need to get ahead of time...
She assures me it will all be there when I arrive Tuesday Morning around 9:00 am ,to cook it for a 11:30 Dinner..
Sunday comes.. Kate stops by. She reminds me about Camp Q. on Tuesday..
I ask " Do you have everything yet?
"Kate says; " I will Do not worry.."
OK..She stops by Monday as well... "I will be by in the morning..."
Tuesday Morning I call Kate @ 6:45 am
"What time you coming by?"
Kate "about8:15 OK?"
"OK I am going for Coffee with a friend OKAY?" Kate.."OkayI have to pick up some STUFF 1st see ya when I get there OK???"
So... I have company.. We have our coffee..
I wait for KATE....
She picks me up...
She drops me at Camp Q..
Omg!!
The kitchen Is ...
I have to wash the Counters & Stove before I can begin....
I get things going.
About the time I get everything ready except the rice the 1st group is arriving & Kate is running around likea ban-chi with it's head cut off!!!
Her & this Blind man are setting up the tables.
He is very sweet chatting all the time, knowing that I am a Red Sox fan & does not stop!!!
Then, there is this littlelady who is the Boss heheheee!! Her way or the High way!!She takes the money from the rest of the clients to payfor the supplies that they use to make their project of the day!!
There is an older gentleman who volunteers there also.. I would think he is Possibly in his late 80's or maybe mid 90's, he just kind of watches everything going on..
There is a Pipe smoking man maybe in his 60's I think he is a client..I am not to sure..LOL!!I did not see him actually smoke it but, it hangs out the side of his mouth all the time..He is also sweet & kind of witty in a weird sort of way...
Then, there is Gary he is a Client & I think if anyone out of the whole bunch were to win me over to Volunteering again it would be this SMILING man!!! So, I am doing the people watching as these clients do their thing today it is Making this pumpkin arrangement!! It is so cool to watch them pick out their flowers by touch & feel, or colors, they seem to love the attentionof this type of setting..
I am growing to understand a little more each time I watch this type of person... I do so like to watch & learn from them...
"Nestled amongst 25 acres of woodlands Camp Quinebaug is located on Wauregan Reservoir in Killingly, Connecticut. Our waterfront is the only beach on this gorgeous waterway. Fishing, boating and swimming highlight the busy camp schedule.
Special needs children and young adults between the ages of 4 and 21 years find a wide range of activities and interests during each two (2) week session.
For Camp Alumni over the age of 21 there is now a one (1) week vacation experience. Families and adults also use the facilities on evenings and weekends.
The Camp which has been operated by DMR Eastern Region for 25 years is now available for year round use.
A full program of summer activities is provided through a four (4) way partnership between the Friends of Camp Quinebaug, local schools, community organizations and DMR Eastern Region. The program staff and volunteers are supervised by the DMR Eastern Region."
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