Running Total: 5 Hours
3:00 pm- 8:00 pm
On December 16th, 2012 I attended an organized event with my mentor Consuelo Martinez and other "A Better Way" staff. This event took place at the Santa Clara Convention Center, the whole event was a huge gathering of different non profit companies like "A Better Way" to collect toys and gift cards for their clients that are less fortunate. As part of this whole event they had big presentation of motivational speakers, personal stories of overcoming obsticlas, and religious chants, because it was heavily tied in with the christian community. After this presentation we went to our assigned booth, and started organizing these hundred and hundreds of toys layed out in front of us. Once we got all the toys we needed collected, we had to load all of the toys into a rented Uhal. All of that including the presentation and toy drive work took 4 hours which was 3-8 pm. When we arrived back to the office we had to unload all of the toys and organizing/inventorying them as well That task I spent an hour helping. Through this experience i had a lot of fun although some parts were stressful with so many people and toys, I had lots of fun with my mentor and her co workers working as a team for such a good cause. I left that day of work really proud of the deed that was done and that I was able to put my hand out there and help out. This proves that not all counselors are just stuck behind a desk to listen to your problems they are also get our there be more hands on and can make a difference, and that is what is so attractive about this career to me.
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