Hey guys haven't been back in a while...there are a few new people around!
Well I volunteer with St Vincent de Paul and Edmund Rice Camps. I'm part of the
Vinnies "Youth Crew" where the major thing we do is organise and attend "Buddies Days". On Buddies Days we take out a group of disadvantaged kids and do a variety of activities. It's lots of fun. I'm a "Big Buddy" that gets paired with a "Little Buddy" usually between the ages of 7-12. Many of the kids tend to be neglected so individual attention for each child is important to us. All in all, they're really fun days. The only bad part is when kids get sad that they have to go home. We're also organising weekends for kids who are over 12. We recently had a "Girls Weekend" with a group of year 8 and 9 girls which was great. Many members also do other volunteering within Vinnies, especially tutoring of refugee children. I did that for a while last year and it was really good.
And with
Edmund Rice Camps, it's pretty much the same concept, although we go away for a whole week. I got the "spirit award" last camp, we had an awesome time.
Woooow that was way longer than anticipated.
merrytrees I think it's great you're looking into overseas stuff, that would be terrific. It's annoying though, that often to volunteer overseas, it actually costs money. haha. eh that's life I guess. what kind of volunteering were you interested in?