Volunteering

The most recent volunteer project I did was called Lend A Hand, which raised money for the Ronald McDonald House. So what we did was this: 1. Hung up a giant canvass in Times Square 2. People donated money to put a hand print on the canvas 3. We put gloves on the people, then painted on the gloves (sometimes multicolored) 4. People put their handprints up, thus “lending a hand to kids with cancer). 5 We took off the gloves and gave the people candy as a thank you. This was a great event because the people who came to give donations and handprints were incredibly diverse. There were European tourists, couples, teenagers, business people, etc. My favorite donations were when the kids dragged their parents to the canvas so that they could get paint and candy, because most parents were too nice to say no. Also I think it’s important to note that there was no minimum donation. So that got a greater number of people to donate, which filled up the canvas, which generated interest, which got more people to donate. Overall it was a great experience and hopefully I’ll be able to do it again.