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		<title>By: STL Mom</title>
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		<dc:creator>STL Mom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For two years, I delivered frozen food from my church to a food pantry once a month.  Usually I went when my son wasn&#039;t at preschool, because the pantry was very close to a model train store/play area that he loved to visit.  The food pantry was also next to train tracks where we often saw real freight trains.  I joke that my son will always associate volunteer work with trains - not a bad thing, since he loves trains.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For two years, I delivered frozen food from my church to a food pantry once a month.  Usually I went when my son wasn&#8217;t at preschool, because the pantry was very close to a model train store/play area that he loved to visit.  The food pantry was also next to train tracks where we often saw real freight trains.  I joke that my son will always associate volunteer work with trains &#8211; not a bad thing, since he loves trains.</p>
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		<title>By: r&#38;i</title>
		<link>http://gnmparents.com/volunteer-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-7296</link>
		<dc:creator>r&#38;i</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think it&#039;s interesting that some schools require their students to volunteer X hours to go on to the next grade.  While volunteering, I&#039;ve met a couple of teens who were trying to get in their hours before the end of the school year.  They were all really nice kids, and I think it was good for them to be helping out their community.  They didn&#039;t seem to mind either.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think it&#8217;s interesting that some schools require their students to volunteer X hours to go on to the next grade.  While volunteering, I&#8217;ve met a couple of teens who were trying to get in their hours before the end of the school year.  They were all really nice kids, and I think it was good for them to be helping out their community.  They didn&#8217;t seem to mind either.</p>
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		<title>By: AmyL</title>
		<link>http://gnmparents.com/volunteer-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-7293</link>
		<dc:creator>AmyL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi guys!  Thanks for taking the time to comment.  LOL on Monkey Boy being the only child of an only child.  I&#039;d never considered that concept before.  I thought about senior centers for years but was always too afraid to just go ask if we could do something.  Sigh.  The need to work on my own shyness has been a bit of a theme lately.

Stu, for what it&#039;s worth, we&#039;re picking up commodities for the seniors every month.  Basically it&#039;s a box of food per senior that comes in on a truck from the government.  The dropoff point is in my town, but too far away from the seniors  (many of whom don&#039;t drive).  We just pick up the boxes and deliver.   Someone put up a request on the bulletin board at church and it caught my eye.  There may be other delivery type jobs that seniors need that would be perfect (and more short term) for you and the kids.  It&#039;s a nice way to meet them and interact while feeling like we&#039;re there doing a needed job instead of just showing up to make small-talk and  not have any clue what to do to be helpful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi guys!  Thanks for taking the time to comment.  LOL on Monkey Boy being the only child of an only child.  I&#8217;d never considered that concept before.  I thought about senior centers for years but was always too afraid to just go ask if we could do something.  Sigh.  The need to work on my own shyness has been a bit of a theme lately.</p>
<p>Stu, for what it&#8217;s worth, we&#8217;re picking up commodities for the seniors every month.  Basically it&#8217;s a box of food per senior that comes in on a truck from the government.  The dropoff point is in my town, but too far away from the seniors  (many of whom don&#8217;t drive).  We just pick up the boxes and deliver.   Someone put up a request on the bulletin board at church and it caught my eye.  There may be other delivery type jobs that seniors need that would be perfect (and more short term) for you and the kids.  It&#8217;s a nice way to meet them and interact while feeling like we&#8217;re there doing a needed job instead of just showing up to make small-talk and  not have any clue what to do to be helpful.</p>
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		<title>By: Stu Mark</title>
		<link>http://gnmparents.com/volunteer-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-7291</link>
		<dc:creator>Stu Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good, good, goooooood idea! I haven&#039;t been putting time into taking the kids to volunteer things. I will take them someplace, not sure what - maybe a homeless shelter, maybe a beach cleanup day. Hmmm, my mind is a&#039;whirrin&#039; away - Thanks so much for this!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good, good, goooooood idea! I haven&#8217;t been putting time into taking the kids to volunteer things. I will take them someplace, not sure what &#8211; maybe a homeless shelter, maybe a beach cleanup day. Hmmm, my mind is a&#8217;whirrin&#8217; away &#8211; Thanks so much for this!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Sandie Law</title>
		<link>http://gnmparents.com/volunteer-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-7288</link>
		<dc:creator>Sandie Law</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I haven&#039;t gotten MonkeyBoy invovled in any volunteer activities, but it&#039;s about time. He&#039;s six now and is developing an &quot;all about me&quot; attitude. It doesn&#039;t help that he&#039;s the only child of an only child...the grandparents spoil him rotten. Senior center is a good idea...we have several in town that could probably use help...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t gotten MonkeyBoy invovled in any volunteer activities, but it&#8217;s about time. He&#8217;s six now and is developing an &#8220;all about me&#8221; attitude. It doesn&#8217;t help that he&#8217;s the only child of an only child&#8230;the grandparents spoil him rotten. Senior center is a good idea&#8230;we have several in town that could probably use help&#8230;</p>
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