February ePortfolio Blog
Total Service Hours: 6 Cumulative Hours: 6 This past month I completed 6 service learning hours at Second Harvest Community Food Bank at their organization warehouse in Elmwood. During this time, I helped pack and sort donated goods into boxes that would later be shipped out to partner organizations that would be given to homeless individuals in the New Orleans area. While I was packing, I was able to interact with local New Orleans individuals about their experience living in the area for many years. This was an important experience for me since I was able to get a feel for what living here is like in my non-Tulane bubble. I really appreciated hearing about what their experiences were like. As an example, one of the other volunteers recently moved here from the northern part of Florida with her husband and is very involved in the community service organizations near her area; She was extremely involved in it back home and wanted to continue that hobby of hers and use it as a way to m