Re: Volunteering
I'm a selfish prick. I havn't volunteered since college. For 3 years I participated in a program where you would take disabled people skiing. I worked for two years with stroke victims and one year with a retarded dude. Basically we would make various ski based contraptions and then let the person go down hill while you checked their speed with a tether. My worst experience was when the handlers forgot to make the retarded dude take a dump before skiing. Yes. I had to take him to the toilet and wipe his ass. He was that handicapped. The best part was sharing my favorite experience (skiing) while enabling another person to feel that same joy. Without fail, all the handicapped people in this program were so grateful and stoked to go skiing. Most of these people lead a fairly constrained existence so this ski program truly enhanced their quality of life. The second best part was I got to bang a few of my fellow volunteers. Hawt!
A friend of mine is trying to convince me to volunteer with an organization called Building With Books. I'm gonna pass on this particular organization but I'm still looking for something good to do.
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