I’ve recently taken on another volunteer project. For the last two Saturdays I have gone to Alice Griffith Opportunity Center in a part of San Francisco called the Bayview. The volunteer project is organized by TechConnect, which connects volunteers with people in need of computer training. Just days earlier I announced that I was going to take the month of June off from volunteering and enjoy my free time, but after going there I realized it would be a great way to spend my Saturday mornings.

The first day I and another volunteer helped 6 adults, two of whom had never used the computer before. The following week there was a new volunteer and only one return student from the week prior. I was a little discouraged because there were two people who said they would be back and we were going to work on Microsoft Publisher. But what we had instead were two adults and 7 kids ranging from ages 5-15. I was running around the room getting typing games started, searching the CTN Bay Area websites for links for websites that were both fun and educational. McGruff was definitely a hit!

This weekend is a holiday, so no session was planned. But I’ll be back there next Saturday and look forward to seeing who shows up looking to gain some computer skills and have a little fun.