Personal Narrative: My Experience With A Place To Turn

For my RISE project, I would like to work on hunger in Massachusetts with an additional interest in hunger in children. I first started working with hunger in seventh grade with my advisory. Since then, I’ve taken a new initiative and began volunteering at A Place To Turn during my free time. Last year, I set up a food drive for them and was able to collect over three hundred items of food. This year, I am hoping to continue with these food drives and collection drives on a larger scale.
I know a lot of my classmates are aware of the issue of hunger and want to help, but didn’t have the chance to. By having a more formal and structured group, I would be able to give other students the opportunity to help behind-the-scenes and directly through collection of drives and such. My plan is to have multiple food, toiletries and clothing drives throughout the year in many different parts of the community. By doing so, I would be able to offer multiple leadership opportunities to those who don’t have enough time to run an entire RISE group. …show more content…
I believe it is a right for everyone to have access to food, clothing and toiletries to take care of themselves. I enjoy working with APTT because they offer their services to people in the metrowest area who already go to town food pantries but need additional help. Clients go in once every two months and choose the food they want, the clothing they want and children can get toys, books and birthday presents. Most of the clients at APTT are single mothers who have young children and cannot support themselves. My specific interest in helping children comes from my belief that all children start with the same potential, but some have to work harder than others. I don’t believe hunger should stand in the way of a bright