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RE: Do you volunteer? - 8/7/2008 3:15:48 PM
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pumpkin
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I *used* to volunteer, until they decided that I should get paid. =)
I work with children... I'll go to any age that they ask of me, but I prefer little ones... =)
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RE: Do you volunteer? - 8/7/2008 3:40:00 PM
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solo_soprano22
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I'll answer my own question. :)
I used to volunteer at a women's/children's shelter, mostly dealing with clothing....which sounds easy, but it wasn't. That was mainly because I was usually working alone and everything within the donations were disorganized. Working with the actual clients/people was fine.
The only work I'm doing now (I'm really a "visiting student," which sounds awesome), is in a biomedical research lab (not here at my home university, but I'm doing both simultaneously)....helping him and his post-doctorals (and whoever else) with their own projects, then after a while, I can start my own if I am ready. I hopefully will get the lab mice used to human interaction so they can be experimented on without them being used to being handled by people...and we will do experiments on certain proteins, that, if removed from the DNA/genome, give the mice something similar to schizophrenia and memory/synaptic problems... (the mutated mice have no memory and no social skills). So we take those, do experiments, look at the brain slices/channeling, etc. to figure out what this protein does to affect the mice this way. Hopefully, his lab will figure it all out and be able to help humans with those problems (depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's...and anything else that this protein/gene {SynGap, RasGap} may affect in the brain's biochemical pathways). But, I hope that, already, this shows people that proteins (or the lack thereof) can have a drastic effect on the brain and behavior.
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RE: Do you volunteer? - 8/7/2008 3:56:56 PM
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lexie
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I volunteer for the local chapter of a national organization dedicated to fighting a children's disease (I know that's vague, but I don't want to get too specific for privacy purposes.) I sit on the planning committee for the annual fundraising walk.
I started 3 years ago when I wanted to get experience in the field I was at school for. I loved it so much, that I keep going back every year. I mostly do promotional stuff, and I try to volunteer in the office doing any little thing that needs to be done, but that's harder to do now with a small child.
I plan to volunteer at school once my kids start. As well, when the kids are older I want to have the whole family volunteer at the food bank.
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RE: Do you volunteer? - 8/7/2008 4:44:33 PM
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Shells54
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I volunteer at a few different places. I volunteer at the Rescue Society for the animals and at a Ministry outreach program called Willing Hands.
What I want to do is to get back to volunteering at the Rape and Crisis Center.
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RE: Do you volunteer? - 8/7/2008 5:33:17 PM
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Mrs.Wifey
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DH and I both volunteer for two different campaigns, and another political organization. We also do re-builds for disaster areas within our community.
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RE: Do you volunteer? - 8/8/2008 11:58:14 PM
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sunshine4God
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Yup,I volunteer and get asked to babysit my friends kids alot.I also help out in nursery and vbs.
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RE: Do you volunteer? - 8/9/2008 12:11:45 AM
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MissGizmo
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I volunteer every Monday night at my local Rescue Mission doing a program with the children while their parent is in a chapel service. I provide a BIBLE lesson, christian childrens movie, & a craft for them to do. It is a fun time working with these children.
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RE: Do you volunteer? - 8/11/2008 11:45:55 AM
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isaacsmom
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I also work for Wycliffe Associates, putting Scripture translations in all the languages of Babel on computer (fun!).
Oh, that is AWESOME!!! I would so do that forever without pay, LOL.
As of right now hubby and I are the youth directors at our church, and it's on a volunteer basis. We love it and feel led to do it. I teach the teen SS class and hubby and I lead a teen Bible study on Wed nights, among other things.
I'd love to volunteer more, at the local rescue mission and crisis pregnancy centers, the local children's home, etc. but it's hard while my kids are small. I don't have anyone to watch them them while I do those things. Hopefully, when they get older, we can all volunteer together. Since we plan to homeschool, I really want to involve them in things like that.
My mom and brothers volunteered at a Missions Memorial Museum a few years ago. That place was truly awesome (as in -- going through it I would be completely awed). They also volunteered at Voice of the Martyrs, as it's published nearby them. I wished I could've done those things with them.
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RE: Do you volunteer? - 8/11/2008 2:07:39 PM
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saraimay75
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Yes I do I am a Docent at the Waikiki Aquarium. I give tours to the elementery (sp?) student who come in for excursions.
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