Saturday was Make a Difference Day, a national community-service event that all Americorps members participate in. Everyone was responsible with coming up with their own project or getting in on one already planned.
My site, the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Foodbank, already had plans to assist the James C. Caldwell Community Center with an application event.
The mission of the Caldwell Center is to identify, evaluate and respond to the needs and educational, social and physical growth of North Toledo residents.
The Caldwell Center papered the area with flyers and I helped distribute more the day before the event, but we weren't sure how many people that would actually translate into coming.
It turned out there weren't a huge amount of people, but there was a steady trickle. I helped a guy fill out his HEAP application.
Afterward, I tried to continue "making a difference" by helping sort winter clothing crive donations for Tent City next weekend, but the parking lot was empty and I guess they got done early and left?
I love the idea behind Make a Difference Day, but I don't feel like I worked hard enough. I wish I could have done more.
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