National Volunteer Week 2009 was this past week, Sunday, April 19, 2009 - Saturday, April 25, 2009.
I helped put together disaster preparedness kits. Helped for one hour. I put together about 100 kits. Wish I would have had time to put more together.
So what did you do?
If you are looking to volunteer, find something that you are passionate about and look for volunteer opportunities in those areas. I myself like volunteering for most anything.
If you are having trouble finding opportunities or figuring out where or what to volunteer for, go to http://www.volunteermatch.org/ it is a great resource that I just recently started using.
Happy Volunteering all!!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Childsplay Brief... Sunday, April 19, 2009
- Childsplay is a theatre company for kids, their website says, "Arizona's Professional Theatre for young Audiences and Families"
- I volunteered to help them stamp and pass out a book, Junie B., First grader: Shipwrecked.
- The book was given free of charge as the families came in to watch a preview of the play, The Neverending Story that is playing through May 17, 2009 at the Tempe Center for the Arts.
- The book that was given is one of three books of which the play Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells is based from.
- That play will be part of Childsplay's 2009-2010 Season. I believe it will run from Nov/Dec 2009. The play not the season :)
- After passing the books and the house being full, I was able to stay and watch the play that was showing, The Neverending Story.
- I have seen the movie, but never a play adaptation. It was great.
- This is the second play that I have seen from Childsplay.
- The first one was when the 2008-2009 season was to begin. October 19, 2009.
- It was actually a preview showing of their season and that night they previewed a play called Getting Near to Baby. It was also really good.
- I volunteered to help them stamp and pass out a book, Junie B., First grader: Shipwrecked.
- The book was given free of charge as the families came in to watch a preview of the play, The Neverending Story that is playing through May 17, 2009 at the Tempe Center for the Arts.
- The book that was given is one of three books of which the play Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells is based from.
- That play will be part of Childsplay's 2009-2010 Season. I believe it will run from Nov/Dec 2009. The play not the season :)
- After passing the books and the house being full, I was able to stay and watch the play that was showing, The Neverending Story.
- I have seen the movie, but never a play adaptation. It was great.
- This is the second play that I have seen from Childsplay.
- The first one was when the 2008-2009 season was to begin. October 19, 2009.
- It was actually a preview showing of their season and that night they previewed a play called Getting Near to Baby. It was also really good.
Not so brief, brief... Saturday, April 18, 2009
If you read my post, Brief... Friday, April 17, 2009 then you know I volunteered to help with the Phoenix Pride setup. The parade was on 4/18/09 with the festival on both Saturday and Sunday, 4/18-19/2009. I am kind of liking posting with bullets, so here's how the day went.
- I wanted to use public transportation to get to the parade
- Walked to the bus stop that's just around the corner, $1.25
- Valley Metro is the name of the local bus and light rail transit systems, picked up a transit book.
- Normally the fare for 1-ride is $1.25 and an All Day Pass is $2.50, however on this day the $1.25 got us an all day local pass. They call it Reduced Local Bus/Rail Fare.
- Got off the bus on a stop that is near the Arizona Center
- Walked a few blocks to the Phoenix Public Market to have breakfast
- Breakfast burrito and coffee
- I really like this market. Locally grown produce, meat, etc. It's all either organic or natural
- After breakfast, walked a couple of blocks down to the light rail stop, $1.25 for the ride as the bus pass not valid for the light rail, no special reduced rates for the light rail ride.
- Got off the light rail at the Indian School/Central stop and walked towards Steele Indian Park where the Parade would end and the festival would be held.
- After the parade, walked to the park for the festival. Free entry as I had volunteered the previous day.
- Walked the festival grounds once.
- Then headed back home. Same route just reversed. Walked to the light rail stop, got off at the downtown stop, walked to the bus stop, and got off at the stop around the corner from where I live then, walked home the remaining half block.
- All the walking and the sun, even though there was a cool breeze in the air, did me in.
- Took a nap that went all the way to the next day, Sunday morning.
- I wanted to use public transportation to get to the parade
- Walked to the bus stop that's just around the corner, $1.25
- Valley Metro is the name of the local bus and light rail transit systems, picked up a transit book.
- Normally the fare for 1-ride is $1.25 and an All Day Pass is $2.50, however on this day the $1.25 got us an all day local pass. They call it Reduced Local Bus/Rail Fare.
- Got off the bus on a stop that is near the Arizona Center
- Walked a few blocks to the Phoenix Public Market to have breakfast
- Breakfast burrito and coffee
- I really like this market. Locally grown produce, meat, etc. It's all either organic or natural
- After breakfast, walked a couple of blocks down to the light rail stop, $1.25 for the ride as the bus pass not valid for the light rail, no special reduced rates for the light rail ride.
- Got off the light rail at the Indian School/Central stop and walked towards Steele Indian Park where the Parade would end and the festival would be held.
- After the parade, walked to the park for the festival. Free entry as I had volunteered the previous day.
- Walked the festival grounds once.
- Then headed back home. Same route just reversed. Walked to the light rail stop, got off at the downtown stop, walked to the bus stop, and got off at the stop around the corner from where I live then, walked home the remaining half block.
- All the walking and the sun, even though there was a cool breeze in the air, did me in.
- Took a nap that went all the way to the next day, Sunday morning.
Several posts
I have several posts that I have been wanting to get to, but just haven't found the time to just sit and write them out. So hopefully after this sort of just random post I'll get caught up. So in the meantime I'll just leave one this post a random photo. It's a Rhinoceros Iguana
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Brief... Friday, April 17, 2009
- Took the day off, volunteered to help with Phoenix Pride setup
- I have never really tracked my volunteer hours or events, the only tracking I have are of those events in which I took a camera and took photos.
- So I enrolled at http://target.volunteermatch.org/ so I can start tracking,beginning the this event.
- It does not however interlace/link with http://www.volunteermatch.org/ so I am probably going to enroll there too.
- 2pm - 5:30pm was the volunteer time slot.
- Finished the tasks early, so was able to leave early, therefore arriving Early at Lux.
- Forgot to view the gallery at the coffee shop, immersed in the stories of co-workers who had also volunteered
- Late night movie was the plan, but the movie was a special engagement and the movies passes I have said not valid for special engagements
- Went to Applebee's for dinner, with a couple people... Yes finally using those coupons they had given me.
- Our waitress was nice, the manager was the same one as last time and still as weird as before
- This time although the service was fair, the steak that was ordered medium rare arrived medium well, actually it was almost well done. The coleslaw was dry. Moral of the story is. This Applebee's just sucks. if it is not the service then it is the food..
- After dinner, desert. 2 apple pies and a hot fudge sundae from McDonald's
- Afterwards watched the first half of Confessions of a Superhero on the PS3 via Hulu.
- Went to sleep at around 2am
- I have never really tracked my volunteer hours or events, the only tracking I have are of those events in which I took a camera and took photos.
- So I enrolled at http://target.volunteermatch.org/ so I can start tracking,beginning the this event.
- It does not however interlace/link with http://www.volunteermatch.org/ so I am probably going to enroll there too.
- 2pm - 5:30pm was the volunteer time slot.
- Finished the tasks early, so was able to leave early, therefore arriving Early at Lux.
- Forgot to view the gallery at the coffee shop, immersed in the stories of co-workers who had also volunteered
- Late night movie was the plan, but the movie was a special engagement and the movies passes I have said not valid for special engagements
- Went to Applebee's for dinner, with a couple people... Yes finally using those coupons they had given me.
- Our waitress was nice, the manager was the same one as last time and still as weird as before
- This time although the service was fair, the steak that was ordered medium rare arrived medium well, actually it was almost well done. The coleslaw was dry. Moral of the story is. This Applebee's just sucks. if it is not the service then it is the food..
- After dinner, desert. 2 apple pies and a hot fudge sundae from McDonald's
- Afterwards watched the first half of Confessions of a Superhero on the PS3 via Hulu.
- Went to sleep at around 2am
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Weekend brief... 4/11-12/09
Saturday, April 11, 2009
- Woke up, early enough (good thing right)
- Made coffee, had a cup
- A coupon for a free set of serving dishes from Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino, Aaron had
- Drove to Harrah's
- Picked up the free gift, Aaron did.
- Played slots for about 10 minutes
- Put the gift in the car
- Lunch at the buffet, $9.99
- Cheap price equals cheap buffet(didn't care much for it, can't compare to Vegas)
- More slots after lunch(2 cent Playboy themed slots are fun, fun)
- Drove back home
- Laundry, mail, etc...
- Later, movies at home
- Dinner (don't remember)
- Switched off all power strips and cell phones in my room, wanted to sleep in on Sunday...
Sunday, April 12, 2009
- Woke up late, 10:3ish am
- Made coffee, had it with soy milk, Silk brand, very vanilla kind...
- Laundry
- Played Wheel of Fortune on the PS3
- Lunch and a movie(The Spitfire Grill)
- More Laundry
- Picked up food at Fresh and Easy
- Watched The Celebrity Apprentice
- Prepared lunch for the week(this week will be short as taking Friday off)
- Dinner, was not really hungry so just grapes and a cupcake, ok 2 cupcakes, also from Fresh and Easy
- Woke up, early enough (good thing right)
- Made coffee, had a cup
- A coupon for a free set of serving dishes from Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino, Aaron had
- Drove to Harrah's
- Picked up the free gift, Aaron did.
- Played slots for about 10 minutes
- Put the gift in the car
- Lunch at the buffet, $9.99
- Cheap price equals cheap buffet(didn't care much for it, can't compare to Vegas)
- More slots after lunch(2 cent Playboy themed slots are fun, fun)
- Drove back home
- Laundry, mail, etc...
- Later, movies at home
- Dinner (don't remember)
- Switched off all power strips and cell phones in my room, wanted to sleep in on Sunday...
Sunday, April 12, 2009
- Woke up late, 10:3ish am
- Made coffee, had it with soy milk, Silk brand, very vanilla kind...
- Laundry
- Played Wheel of Fortune on the PS3
- Lunch and a movie(The Spitfire Grill)
- More Laundry
- Picked up food at Fresh and Easy
- Watched The Celebrity Apprentice
- Prepared lunch for the week(this week will be short as taking Friday off)
- Dinner, was not really hungry so just grapes and a cupcake, ok 2 cupcakes, also from Fresh and Easy
Sunday, April 05, 2009
just a post...
It's almost a month since I posted... have mostly been twittering , http://twitter.com/elkirbster So I thought I should post something... nothing really planned so I'll just ramble on... Yesterday's Hawaiian party at Pedro's for the celebration of Rocio's, Lorena's, and Alex's birthdays was really fun. Lots of food, drinking, music, dancing. Pride is coming up. I volunteered to help with setting up the day before. Can't wait to read about Amy's trip... Need to do the taxes, purge, clean, tidy, etc...
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