Community Service – Bianca Work

Starting in my sophomore year of High School I started volunteering at a soup kitchen called C.H.I.P.S. Every Saturday I help open up the kitchen at 8am. For about three hours, myself and other volunteers prepare meals for about two hundred guests. The meals vary from week to week depending upon what we have available. Before the guests arrive we prepare boxed foods for them to take home as well. During the preparation time we sort clothing and regular house hold appliances for the guests to leave with. Once the dining area opens at around eleven, the volunteers and I begin to serve meals. I’ve done this now for about three years, every week, every single Saturday. After being there for so long I’ve come to develop a relationship with many of the people that attend the soup kitchen. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences that I’ve ever taken part in.