Service Learning Assignment: Volunteering At The Soup Kitchen

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For my service learning assignment I volunteered at the soup kitchen. Going to the soup kitchen and helping people who couldn’t afford their food truly opened my eyes. I was surprised by a variety of different types of people and how many people there were, how it made me feel and how it affected me and lastly, my desire to continue volunteering my time. The first thing I really noticed once I started my volunteering was the variety of different types of people. I didn’t know what to expect going into it, but I didn’t think there would be such a wide range of people. Some people came in, ate, and left as quickly as possible. They didn’t speak at all. Others were very friendly. They came in, drank their coffee, talked to everyone, and treated it like a café. …show more content…

I served food and most of the people seemed really grateful. There was one person in particular who really touched me. This man was in his 50’s or 60’s. He was telling his life story of how to lived in a bad home growing up, then got put into foster care. He lived with a few different foster parents, but ended living on the streets when the foster homes didn’t turn out. I’m assuming he didn’t attend much schooling and I know he had a very hard childhood. After his childhood, he went on to have a hard adult life too. He started losing his vision and by the time he was about 23, it was completely gone. He was still homeless and had to turn to the soup kitchen to eat. He went on to tell me more little struggles he’s had and at the end of it I thought I was speechless. Then, he said one last thing. I’ll pray for you ok? I’ll put you in my prayers. I was truly speechless at that point. He’s had a very difficult life, much harder than mine will most likely ever be, I thought I should be putting him in my prayers. Although he really touched me, others seemed just as thankful and I was glad I could help

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