7 of 12: Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes

This past Saturday, September 25, 2010 I helped out at the Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes event. This was a two part event as there was a rally for the event on the Thursday of the previous week. In that rally some of the volunteers had the opportunity to meet, share their story/reason for volunteering, and go through the assigned responsibilities for the day of the event. I was assigned to the Food & Beverage tent.

On the day of the event, I arrived at around 6:30am, signed in, and headed to the Food & Beverage tent. Responsibilities for this included, pre-walk food and beverage set up, prepare food, set up cold drink area, keep supplies replenished, post-walk food and beverage set up, and cleaning the food area after the event.

And almost as quickly as it began it seemed to end. It was a fun event. Check out the Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes website for event dates,  volunteer opportunities, how to donate, etc.

6 of 12: Mission Sack Meals

This past month, mid-August or so, we had a volunteer event at work to prepare 400 sack lunch meals that were donated to the Phoenix Rescue Mission. I had but only a few minutes to help out, however in those 15-20 minutes, I helped put together maybe 70 or so sandwiches to be included in the sacks. Bonus was that I encouraged at least 2 people to go with me to help. It truly only takes a few minutes to make a difference.