Volunteering Day 11

This past Monday, April 26th 2010, Faraz Baig and I went to the San Jose Clinic and helped out in Medical Records. Before we started sorting the records, however, we waited in the lounge area and talked to one of the older volunteers--Travis. He told us that he graduated from Saint Thomas with a degree in "basket-weaving" (liberal arts), got a job with AT&T and had done some communication managing for the White House when the President made appearances in Houston.

Travis told us that he had retired several years ago and now volunteers full time for the Clinic as the go-to Communication/Tech guy. It was nice to meet a man who had graduated from the University, lived a successful life, and now volunteers full-time to benefit the under privileged. When Sam arrived, we said good-bye to Travis, were assigned to medical records and helped Hermalinda and Jack.

Faraz and I could not stay for long and we left as soon as all the daily records had been sorted. Tomorrow is my last day for volunteering and I look forward to it. I have taken Service Learning courses before and just like those times, I feel that I have become close with the other people that volunteer at the Clinic and that it will feel strange to not go to the Clinic after tomorrow.

I have enjoyed the time with the Clinic and I am sure my colleagues have as well.

Until Next Week,

-pmoney