Community Service - Leisure Options

On the 4th of September we swapped groups, Wardli's 2 and 3 went to the Yorke Peninsular to do work with people with disabilities and Wardli's 4 and 5 went on the history tour with Moff. Our group worked on our blogs until about 10 AM and then left to go to the Yorke Peninsular. When we arrived at Clem's Shed (The place where we were working) we introduced ourselves to the people and they introduced themselves. Then we signed in. We split into 3 groups, a group of 6 and two groups of 3. Some of us emptied all of the dirt out of the small pots into a pile, then grabbed crates and put the pots into them. Once tat was done we filled the pots with potting mix. We did this until about 1, we then stopped for lunch. At 1.45 we started work again. Doing the same as before. We emptied all of the crates and filled about half of them. We continued this until about 3 PM, where Chris said a thankyou speech and we all said goodbye and hopped back onto the bus. On the way back we stopped in the town for half an hour of free time, where we could do what we wanted (Within reason) and we could only buy 2 items. At about 4PM we got back onto the bus and drove home.

What does being a volunteer mean to you?
Being a volunteer makes me feel good that I made a difference to people, because the jobs that we did today, took us 5 hours, would have taken them a few weeks. This made me feel good because we lightened their work load by alot.

What did you learn about people living with a disability?

What did you enjoy most about this experience?
I enjoyed working with everyone and just doing something that I wouldn’t usually do in Adelaide.

What did you least enjoy about this experience?
I enjoyed everything.