Wow! I've done so many things this weekend and I think I got like 10 hours of CAS. Honestly, I don't do them for the CAS, because they are so (so so so so) much fun!!
On Saturday, there was the Serve the City event. It was my second one. This one was called 'Südamest Südamesse' - or, From Heart to Heart. Adorable!
I chose the Butterfly Project this time, and I think I made a great choice! It was so much fun! We didn't get to actually meet with people and see smiles on their faces, but we did a different kind of helping. The Butterfly Project is about rehabilitation for prostitutes. It's actually the last step of rehabilitation. The prostitutes come to them and the Butterfly Project gives them a makeover: new clothes, new hair and new make up. It's the sweetest thing! Sadly, Butterfly Project comes with a lot of sad and scary stories, and it opens your eyes to some things I wouldn't usually think about. For example, we found out about how common prostitution and human trafficking is in Estonia.. No more thinking, "oh, it doesn't happen here.." But helping made me feel better about it. We started with organising some of the new clothes that had been donated. There are different racks for S, M and L so we just put as many clothes away as we could. Then, we started making these little tags with positive and encouraging messages on them. The idea is that the tag is attached to the clothing and then before the woman puts on her new clothes to go to a job interview, she sees the little tag and it gives her courage and brings a smile to her face. That is just the cutest thing! We even made some for each other :)
On Saturday, there was the Serve the City event. It was my second one. This one was called 'Südamest Südamesse' - or, From Heart to Heart. Adorable!
I chose the Butterfly Project this time, and I think I made a great choice! It was so much fun! We didn't get to actually meet with people and see smiles on their faces, but we did a different kind of helping. The Butterfly Project is about rehabilitation for prostitutes. It's actually the last step of rehabilitation. The prostitutes come to them and the Butterfly Project gives them a makeover: new clothes, new hair and new make up. It's the sweetest thing! Sadly, Butterfly Project comes with a lot of sad and scary stories, and it opens your eyes to some things I wouldn't usually think about. For example, we found out about how common prostitution and human trafficking is in Estonia.. No more thinking, "oh, it doesn't happen here.." But helping made me feel better about it. We started with organising some of the new clothes that had been donated. There are different racks for S, M and L so we just put as many clothes away as we could. Then, we started making these little tags with positive and encouraging messages on them. The idea is that the tag is attached to the clothing and then before the woman puts on her new clothes to go to a job interview, she sees the little tag and it gives her courage and brings a smile to her face. That is just the cutest thing! We even made some for each other :)
Yayy!! I even have loads of pictures to show off this time! I really love Serve the City!
On Sunday, we had another CAS activity, which turns out is actually mandatory (volunteer work) which is absurd (not the point). This was our group project that the whole class took part it. Everyone had their own specific job to do in making this event happen. I'd actually been preparing for this event throughout the whole week, so I couldn't say that I didn't put any effort. We all had to pick jobs for ourselves and I was in charge of making a power point presentation and making sure that everyone in my group would be prepared to present. We had to make 6 little entertainment pieces that we showed in between the little kids who were modelling. Oh.. I haven't actually said much about the event. Well, it was a fashion show with the theme of saving paper, so the kids ages 3-13 all had dresses and costumes made out of paper. They were really cool! Anyways, so our 6 presentations included: How is paper made? Why is saving paper important? How can we save paper? My classmate playing guitar - he wrote his own words to the melody of I'm Yours, and it was so awesome! Showing how to make your own paper and how to wrap a present with newspaper. I think that the event was a success, at least from our part. I had a lot of fun and it gave me more experience with public speaking! Yay!
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