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Rhiannon12866

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4. Wow! Kudos to your wonderful efforts! Those kids got a wonderful start in life that they wouldn't have had otherwise.
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 05:16 AM
Mar 28

For my "winter study" in college (month of January) I spent time at home with the local Voluntary Action Center, we experienced all the organizations operating locally which needed volunteers. Among many, I spent time at Head Start and at a school for disabled kids, those stick in my mind since I liked those the best. And the year after I graduated I spent with one of the classes of disabled kids. That class was ages 2-6, most of them were 4. And I still remember all of them, spent the most time with a four-year-old girl who had cerebral palsy who liked my attention so her physical therapist taught me to help her with her exercises. And I also spent time with a five-year-old girl who was deaf and couldn't participate in all the class activities, like music, so we learned ASL together and I ended up taking a course. I loved those kids.

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