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Chicago. / 09.15.09, 03:19 PM
I live in Chicago now.
That’s a really weird statement.
So far, we’ve been through two weeks of orientation. We actually get to start our service sites this week. I’m so excited. I’ll be working at a place called Growing Home- an urban farm. In addition to farming, they need a lot of office help. I’ll also be working at an after-school program at Salvation Army. Originally, I had no interest in working either of those places, but Growing Home is doing some great work in the community. As for Salvation Army… their program is close to my heart. A lot of funding was cut from schools here, so of course art and music were the first things to go. I think this is a terrible tragedy. So I get to go teach music (probably mostly music theory, and some beginning piano), and hopefully help out the art teacher. They’re really excited about having volunteers- they don’t have the funds to stay fully staffed.
Should be a good year!
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