My First Act

Okay, so for my first volunteer act, I signed up for being a junior camp counselor at Camp Invention this summer. I am on my second day. As you can see, the kids I was helping are all taking apart items. This "class" is called Icaninvent. All the kids bring items to take apart and make an invention out of the parts. The kids adored that class. Basically a junior camp counselor watches over their grade group of kids throughout the day, leading them from "class" to "class", keeping them quiet, helping the "professors" (or teachers) teach, leading the games for "Base Camp" (which is basically recess), and keeping the kids occupied. I hope to accomplish helping the kids learn and love science and math, while helping the organizers maintain order. So far, I've really begun to get used to helping out, what keeps the kids quiet and focused, and things like that. I think the kids are really enjoying the camp, even the ones who, at first, didn't want to come. Below, you can see a few pictures from the second class called Global Games. In this class the kids learned about old versions of modern games like the old version of soccer or "Football", as many countries call it. The kids would make the ball and play with it in a game. After that, you can see a few pictures from morning activities. All the kids used teamwork to try to build the highest cup tower. They had some fun with that. I guess in the end, even though I'm thoroughly wiped and in need of a good snack, the pure fact that I'm volunteering really leaves me with a feeling of accomplishment. It feels great, like the happiness chocolate gives you. I love it.