Today was the 15th annual “Chicago Cares” Serv-a-Thon. I’m proud to say that my company put a group together to volunteer, and that, although I signed up rather late, I was able to participate. We painted four classrooms at Cook Elementary, near 81st and Loomis. Now I’m sitting on our couch at home, with ice on my knee, a beer in my hand, my laptop on my leg, the dogs at my side, and the new episode of Battlestar Galactica on my TV. And yet, the work I did this morning was even more satisfying. If you have a chance, please find time to volunteer for something. It’ll be even better for you than I can possibly describe.
06.14.08 /
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That kicks butt. What a great idea! Sounds like a perfect way to spend a Sunday.
I like to think my quarterly blood letting for the American Red Cross counts as volunteering, but painting a school seems more constructive. Bravo for taking the time to volunteer. I hope you painted some cool stuff like dinosaurs eating UFOs (inside of which, one would assume, aliens were eating people), because that’s what I would have wanted in Elementary school.