Aquarium of the Pacific
For 5.5 hours my partner and I assisted the event manager for the aquarium's annual pacific island festival. We were stationed in the main hallway at a table for kids crafts, where we had to give the children art papers and the basic information behind what they were coloring. They were coloring a design from Samoa where certain designs in the picture would either represent the wings of birds flying in the sky, banana stocks hanging from trees or peeled bark from a tree used to make things.
Blood Donation
Every year the Red Cross comes to our school and encourages parents, students, and teachers to donate blood. I was eligible to donate blood not only once but twice and I have just signed up to donate for the third time. By the time I graduate from high school I would have saved 18 lives.
Child Care Provider
During my summer vacation I became a child care provider to a class of kindergarten at the Foshay Village. I helped them with their work and supervised them during recess and lunch. The lesson I learned from this experience was that I needed to be personally responsible all the time because kids can get crazy and might end up getting hurt.
Christmas Toy Give Away
For the past two years I have been volunteering at a local South LA church with one of my mentors from SRLA. Every year she organizes a toy give away during the Christmas season I help her set up the room with all the toys and give away the toys to all the children.