NR725B_MaglaCh_Wk1-2_ServiceLearningAgencyInquiries

NR725B_MaglaCh_Wk1-2_ServiceLearningAgencyInquiries – 5.5 hrs

During the spring semester, I volunteered at our hospital helping patients and families – especially those patients in the ICU and their families from out of state. This semester I switched to helping less fortunate families in Clermont, FL Lake County. But before I was able to get started, I was looking at two agencies that I feel that my services are needed. I went and visited The Blessed Sacrament Catholic church. I also went to Goodwill charity in Clermont. I have spoken to multiple managers, and was able to get more information about the agencies and presented my desire to help the community. If I will volunteer at The Blessed Sacrament, I will need to have my finger prints taken as the available opportunity for service learning is dealing with kids in the community, and the finger print results might take weeks and might cause some delays on my service learning. With the Goodwill charity, all I need to contact the manager. After careful consideration, I have decided to help the Goodwill charity.

After I made my decision, I went and contacted the branch manager at the Goodwill charity but I was told I needed to make an application through online – which I did. The area manager contacted me a few days after and was told that I needed to attend an orientation in Clermont branch. But due to my work schedule, I was unable to attend the orientation but the area manager was very kind to let me do my service learning without an orientation and was given a permission to do my hours on my available days off. I then immediately called the branch manager about it and set my service learning hours.