September Volunteering Update

My name is Olufunke Adeleye but I go by Funke and this is my first blog post where I will share things about my volunteer experiences as a Pharmacology Masters student at Tulane University. This month I started my community service by volunteering at the Trinity Community Center. Trinity Community Center is for the youth of Hollygrove and provides them with academic and social support. I originally thought that I would help with tutoring but when I arrived I discovered that they do Fun Fridays. So when I arrived the students were eating their snacks and afterward, we started off with the kids playing outside on the playground. It was fun hanging out with them, pushing kids on the swing, helping kids on the monkey bars. Being out on a playground again reminded me of how much I enjoyed playing on playgrounds as a kid. Next, we went inside and the younger students worked on an arts and crafts activity and the older students worked on deconstructing computers. I helped with the arts and crafts activity and they made pumpkins that had colorful sheets of paper on them to give the illusion of stained glass after they were laminated. After that, students were eating dinner and it was time for them to head home. I am looking forward to returning on a tutoring day and seeing how that experience goes. I really like working with students and I’ve done a lot of volunteering with students in the past so I am glad I get to continue working with students.

September Service Hours: 2

Total Service Hours: 2