Senior Center Volunteering Report

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When I started volunteering at the Senior Center I was not aware of everything the Senior Center offered. I was also not aware of the many people elders that needed to see and have communication with people. Volunteering at the Senior Center allowed me to talk to the elders that attended the Senior Center. Whenever I got a chance I would sit down and listen to what some of the amazing elders in our community had to say. The impact that being a volunteer at the senior center had on others was to begin with that the cook had a lot more breaks than he would have if I had not been volunteering. The elders had someone to educate and give life lessons and knowledge to, but also had someone to communicate with. Which is something that every single

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