Amber Jones

1. I volunteered my time at Flowers Ministries, Incorporated. They are a non-profit organization that helps the homeless with transitional housing, financial counseling, empowerment through education, disability claim, etc.

2. While I was volunteering my time here, I often saw myself reflecting on the different types of families that we talked about during group presentations because I helped with family counseling. I got to see and experience first hand the different types of families that are out there and the different struggles that they are going through.

3. I definitely networked with the people that I worked with after I told them what all I plan to do with this a degree in HDFS. After telling them what I wanted to do, they watched me closely with the assignments that they had me doing and ended up offering me an internship with them. They gave scenarios of family situations and they asked me how I would handle those situations and what kind of advice I would give to those families which enhanced my thinking skills because I did not have an answer for them right away. It took me until the next visit to have an answer ready.

4. This organization has a big effect on the community with the way they go about helping others. They are constantly giving back to the community as well as giving the community information apart their services. They fund-raise to help with the costs for the transitional homes for the homeless people that are already apart of the program.

5. I really enjoyed doing community service with organization. I got to see a little glimpse of what I would be doing in my career and I think I will continue doing community service with this organization, especially because I learned so much about my career.