Destiny Goombs

At this site, my group packed book bags for the kids and interacted with them. Youth Focus is somewhat like a group home for kids between the ages of 11-17 who don't have a stable place to live. I really enjoyed watching how excited the kids were when they got to pick out their own bookbag and supplies. Even though I had a view conversation with a couple of them, it was somewhat rewarding to know that they were comfortable around us. I plan on working with Youth Focus again in the future.

Yesterday I helped set up a mini Halloween fair for kids in the community and gave them candy. My station involved the kids having to throw balls into 3 separate buckets for candy. It was peaceful to see them get all excited when they made it in one and also when they got to pick out which sweets they wanted. Their costumes were really creative as well and seeing their faces light up after hearing a compliment was really adorable. It was also really nice to the parents or guardians getting involved with the games and just having fun with their kids.

Today we learned about Domestic violence. Since October is Domestic violence Awareness month, we learned about the different types of abuse that can occur within a relationship. Domestic violence doesn't just stop at physical abuse. There's religious abuse, intimidation, emotional abuse, isolation, minimizing and blaming, economic abuse, coercion, and with families the use of children to manipulate a partner. We also learned about different resources in the piedmont/Greensboro area that could help men and women in these situations. The main thing that I took away from this experience was how to recognize and potentially help friends and peers who are in abusive relationships. DV is a sensitive topic and it's important to go about handling these in a safe and reasonable way.

I’ve never working in a garden before so working in this garden was whole new experience for me. Pulling out the weeds was definitely a little hard but I got the work done nonetheless. I also dug up mulch into a wagon so that was fun. It was definitely a workout.