Hello Everyone,
This past week was super busy, but I managed to get my one hour in. In light of the Halloween weekend, my volunteering was halloween based as we prepared for costume, candy, and various games. My life has been super busy lately with everything going on at school, work, and applying to graduate school; however, I still found some time to donate to volunteering. This week I participated in a halloween-based game party on Sunday evening. Even though I had lost my voice this past saturday night, I still could participate by handing out prizes for the best costume and the winners of the various games. There was bingo, jeopardy, and musical chairs. Through all the people there, I got to relive my childhood and boy was I nostalgic. Being a senior in my undergraduate career, I really miss my childhood and how simplistic my view was back in my teenage years. I have been so wrapped up in college life lately, I forgot about the problems I had when I was a teenager. Being an outsider kind of helped me see what they were dealing with in a different point of view. This allowed me to really see different problems teens have regarding everything from little crushes to fitting in with the crowd that they want to hang out with. In relation to the LGBT community, I saw that teens struggle so much to find their identity, and it must be very difficult to have to seem like you are not like everybody else regarding sexual orientation. My teenage years were hard enough, I can't even imagine dealing with being an outcast based on nothing that could be changed. When I was playing games with the teens, I was able to reach out to them and tell them how strong they are. I think they really appreciated that they weren't alone which made me happy. I want to work in the future to keep helping these teens feel like they are not alone.
That is all for today. Thanks for reading!
Nadine Obeid
This past week was super busy, but I managed to get my one hour in. In light of the Halloween weekend, my volunteering was halloween based as we prepared for costume, candy, and various games. My life has been super busy lately with everything going on at school, work, and applying to graduate school; however, I still found some time to donate to volunteering. This week I participated in a halloween-based game party on Sunday evening. Even though I had lost my voice this past saturday night, I still could participate by handing out prizes for the best costume and the winners of the various games. There was bingo, jeopardy, and musical chairs. Through all the people there, I got to relive my childhood and boy was I nostalgic. Being a senior in my undergraduate career, I really miss my childhood and how simplistic my view was back in my teenage years. I have been so wrapped up in college life lately, I forgot about the problems I had when I was a teenager. Being an outsider kind of helped me see what they were dealing with in a different point of view. This allowed me to really see different problems teens have regarding everything from little crushes to fitting in with the crowd that they want to hang out with. In relation to the LGBT community, I saw that teens struggle so much to find their identity, and it must be very difficult to have to seem like you are not like everybody else regarding sexual orientation. My teenage years were hard enough, I can't even imagine dealing with being an outcast based on nothing that could be changed. When I was playing games with the teens, I was able to reach out to them and tell them how strong they are. I think they really appreciated that they weren't alone which made me happy. I want to work in the future to keep helping these teens feel like they are not alone.
That is all for today. Thanks for reading!
Nadine Obeid
I think these kids really need someone like you who has the compassion and empathy and honesty to suport them. I'm happy you found MCC!
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