Project CHANGE Induction

On Friday I was inducted as a Project CHANGE member. Throughout the morning, after several members of the school board and the Montgomery County community congratulated Judy, the Americorps coordinator, and described bits and pieces of how the project started, graduating members went up to the podium and shared their experiences throughout their service.

I thought I would be prepared for what I would hear, I was completely wrong though. members from the different non-profits connected to Project CHANGE went up to the podium one group at a time. Each person had an entirely different experience. There were members that had moved to the country or were looking for ways to learn more about the US and the community. They talked about the people that they met and how they grew by all of the new experiences they had.

I was a little surprised that there weren't more people like me. more regular college kids looking for a start in their career.

My work is disconnected from actually helping the community. Which is how it would be in future jobs too. But everyone else's experiences were of the people that they helped at their sites and how they learned by teaching and coaching others...

What I think I'm going to like the most about this experience is having the opportunity to experience a little bit of what the other sites do too through field trips in addition to gaining the work experience I was looking for.