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Sep 22, 09

Written by: Ildiko Hajmasi
Posted by: admin

Topics:
Saturdays

Tagged:
Experiences
Volunteers

First Time at City Kidz

God has a plan for each and every one of us. Whenever someone feels lonely or lost, that is something one should repeat in himself or herself.

How does it feel for a child to be at City Kidz for the first time?

There was a brother and a sister coming to City Kidz for the first time on a Saturday morning. They heard about the program from their friends but they never experienced all the fun their friends were saying.

The brother and sister sat down in the theater and looked around what everybody was doing. Soon, the young girl started missing her mom. A volunteer encouraged her to stay and give the games a chance since she does not know how much fun she will have. So the girl sat back in her seat and watched how other kids engaged in activities. Her brother was making friends and enjoyed his time. Some time passed and the girl approached the volunteer again that she would like to go home. The volunteer than took her out of the theater into the hallway to let her know that the program is almost over and she will be taken home with the red buses with her brother. To make her feel more comfortable the volunteer asked her questions about school, her favourite subject and what she likes to do in her spare time. As time passed the girl had a few glasses of water to calm her, went to the washroom and then re entered the theater. She sat beside the volunteer because she felt more comfortable with her than without. They even danced together for the last song before part of a movie was shown. As the kids started to head out the door to return to the bus the girl went with them with ease that it was not so bad.

The volunteer walked the sister and brother to their house and gave the girl a hug to let her know that she is loved and it is ok to miss her mom for the first time when she is away from her. As the volunteer walked back to the bus she hoped the girl would come with her brother the next Saturday.

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November 22nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm Jennifer Carey Thinks:

my thought about my first day. I loved it but was a little quite but i got threw the morning with the kids that was on my bus and i had fun with all the children that i seen on my first day and that day was the last day for city kidz for the summer. good thing for my friend about this but if she didn’t i would not be at city kidz right now, thanks to my friend from school that i no long go to now. i love spending time with the kids, i always look forward for every Saturday to come because of the city kidz.