Hours: 8
Area: Service
Date:
Learning Outcomes: Undertake new challenges, engage with issues of global importance, develop new skills.
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Along with my fellow IB classmate Carolyn Rapp, I was able to spend a Saturday working with Habitat for Humanity. While there, we helped to tear down a house in the downtown Raleigh area. This included moving damaged parts of the house, tearing up the floors, taking down light fixtures, and other various odd jobs. Seeing as I am not someone who typically spends their time tearing up residential property, this was an experience where I learned many news skills by overcoming new challenges. For example, I learned how to properly pull up a floor, so that the boards won't be split and you can reuse the wood for other tasks. This is a project that we spent the majority of the time working on and though it took a few tries to get the technique right, I can now say that I am able to pull up floorboards without splitting the wood into pieces. Carolyn and I also spent time pulling down all the light fixtures in the house, a project where we got a chance to practice team work and patience, seeing as most of the light fixtures in the house were rusty and very difficult to pull down from the ceiling. Overall, I enjoyed working with Habitat for Humanity. I know the work that I did went to the greater good of an area and community, and that I was able to help with a cause that is bigger than me. I look forward to taking a chance to volunteer through them again!
Along with my fellow IB classmate Carolyn Rapp, I was able to spend a Saturday working with Habitat for Humanity. While there, we helped to tear down a house in the downtown Raleigh area. This included moving damaged parts of the house, tearing up the floors, taking down light fixtures, and other various odd jobs. Seeing as I am not someone who typically spends their time tearing up residential property, this was an experience where I learned many news skills by overcoming new challenges. For example, I learned how to properly pull up a floor, so that the boards won't be split and you can reuse the wood for other tasks. This is a project that we spent the majority of the time working on and though it took a few tries to get the technique right, I can now say that I am able to pull up floorboards without splitting the wood into pieces. Carolyn and I also spent time pulling down all the light fixtures in the house, a project where we got a chance to practice team work and patience, seeing as most of the light fixtures in the house were rusty and very difficult to pull down from the ceiling. Overall, I enjoyed working with Habitat for Humanity. I know the work that I did went to the greater good of an area and community, and that I was able to help with a cause that is bigger than me. I look forward to taking a chance to volunteer through them again!
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