it always feels awesome.
one time in particular i remember was last year around thanksgiving. there's an agency that caters to youth who don't usually get to have thanksgiving dinner, so the agency (really, a man & his two kids) puts together a big thanksgiving dinner in SE DC.
i was working in operations management and also mentoring for a small non-profit, where the girls who were members of the group were going to get community service hours by volunteering at the thanksgiving dinner.
well, the man who ran the agency wanted the girls to interact with the other kids who were there...to kind of gain perspective on life and appreciate things more. that meant that i had to end up volunteering.
i have SO many volunteer hours, it's not even funny, lol. but this time was different. there were so many kids who were just genuinely hungry and you could tell that maybe they had been wandering the streets for a few days or maybe didn't have a home to go to. it felt amazing to have donated food to this cause, and also donate my time. meeting those kids and being able to talk with them and sit & eat with them (eventually, lol), and also handing out personal cards as a reference was wonderful.
i still mentor a few people, and that feels really amazing, as well.
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