Volunteer Experience

About two years ago, I began volunteering at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I worked with children ages 8-13. It was a great experience getting to know the children even though some of them were a little difficult. I helped the instructor with his lesson plans for the children and also took them on trips. After spending time with the kids, the other interns and I started to become sort of role models for them. They would talk to us about anything and even come to us for advice if they had problems. Most of the kids in the programs lived in the neighborhood and because I now have a job at the same museum, I still see them around. It’s nice because Ive seen them grow for the past two years, and I’ve even become friends with some of their family members. Working with kids was a great experience because it teaches patience as well as how to interact with people who have a major age difference from you. I still some of those kids today and I honestly think that if it weren’t for the program and the help of  us former interns at the museum, that some of those kids would have joined the gangs and gotten into the drugs that the neighborhood is filled with.