Life Do you do any volunteer work?

**Iowanian** · 03-29-2011, 10:27 AM

I think typically, more people would complain about the lack of the speed of the digging that someone else is doing, than grab a shovel themselves.

The past 3 years, I've been trying to mentor a few HS kids towards careers, and I've been doing what I can to help them with scholarships, advice, or putting them in contact with my contacts and trying to help them with things like Internships at quality locations. When I do it, the only thing I ever ask them to do in return is pass it on. They're required by handshake, at some point in their careers, to either help other kids from our community, or consider donating funds or skills to a local project down the road. If they're an architect or engineer....donate some time to design something, or give a kid an internship in their organization. Exponential growth is what I'm hoping for, because in a small town, 2-3 motivated people make a huge difference.

If kids watching me dig a hole at a park, put a small blip of community service into one of those kids, It's worth digging a hole, setting some grade and pouring some concrete on a nice saturday afternoon.

03-29-2011, 10:27 AM	#37
Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $1628454	I think typically, more people would complain about the lack of the speed of the digging that someone else is doing, than grab a shovel themselves. The past 3 years, I've been trying to mentor a few HS kids towards careers, and I've been doing what I can to help them with scholarships, advice, or putting them in contact with my contacts and trying to help them with things like Internships at quality locations. When I do it, the only thing I ever ask them to do in return is pass it on. They're required by handshake, at some point in their careers, to either help other kids from our community, or consider donating funds or skills to a local project down the road. If they're an architect or engineer....donate some time to design something, or give a kid an internship in their organization. Exponential growth is what I'm hoping for, because in a small town, 2-3 motivated people make a huge difference. If kids watching me dig a hole at a park, put a small blip of community service into one of those kids, It's worth digging a hole, setting some grade and pouring some concrete on a nice saturday afternoon.
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