Friendship and Volunteering

Since applying and being accepted as a student volunteer for Tanzania, I have had the opportunity to grow as an active individual in community service around the Vail Valley. It brings me great pride when explaining my accomplishments with CGA, and I how I will be continuing my volunteer career on the continent of Africa!

As a volunteer, I will be completing fifteen hours of community service before the trip. On Thanksgiving Day, I chose to volunteer for the Vail Valley Foundation’s 7^th Annual Turkey Trot. Here, I was put to work encouraging the runners and helping set up the food station after the race. It was invigorating and extremely rewarding to represent CGA at this event. I spoke with members of the Vail Valley Foundation about my travels and volunteer work in various countries, while also explaining Children’s Global Alliance’s mission and the nonprofit’s incredible work. With this, I also heard the stories of other volunteers and how they have also become intrigued with giving back to the community. It was a very exciting morning and I am grateful that I got to complete community service hours working with the Vail Valley Foundation.

In these past few months, I have had the privilege to begin great friendships with some of my fellow volunteers to whom I will be working with at the Naserian School and Orphanage; and I am excited to further our relationship through volunteering. I think that we have a remarkably strong team of leaders that will work together, enabling us to accomplish many difficult, yet indescribably important tasks in in Tanzania. Volunteering in Tanzania will be a great challenge, but I think that our team will maintain courageous strength to impact and change the lives of the students and orphans at Naserian.