AW: What People Are Saying
AW - What People Are Saying
"I joined AW for a new experience. My favorite experience I had was the hayride where we had to dress up and scare the children."
- Syed Karim (Camp Fowler, 2011)
"I joined AW because I was looking for a fun way to volunteer with other members of the U of M community. My favorite AW experience I had was making friends with both the campers and other volunteers."
- Jenny Winkes (Camp Fowler, 2011)
"I joined AW because I want to have some experience of community services and to help others. My favorite experience was getting to know my site members."
- Albert Xu (Camp Flower, 2011)
"I joined AW to volunteer and help out in the community. My favorite experience was getting to know the campers."
- Alan Chu (Camp Fowler, 2010)
"I joined AW to help others more than just for a few hours. My favorite experience was learning how to play pool."
- Lydia Hamama (participant, 2010)
"I joined AW because I really wanted to get involved in a regular volunteer opportunity. My favorite experience was playing games with people at the site. It was a lot of fun and was a great bonding experience."
- Courtney Graham (participant, 2008)
"I joined AW to make use of my time to make some sort of changes to other people. My favorite experience was playing Mafia with everyone."
- Laura Hurley (participant, 2011)
"I joined AW for the opportunity to participate in something that people in general have forgotten to do: serve the community. My favorite experience was playing the mafia game at Ruth Ellis Center."
- Parth Shah (participant, 2011)
"I joined AW to build relationships with peers outside my regular group of friends and having the consistent opportunity to positively affect the lives of young girls. My favorite experience has been hearing the girls tell us that they like it when we come and looking around and seeing the girls really listening and thinking about our activity/program"
- Latasha Robinson (Barat House, 2008)
"I joined AW to make a personal difference in people’s lives. My favorite experience was dancing with the girls and learning Soulja Boy"
- Codi Sharp (Barat House, 2011)
"I joined AW to meet awesome people and to make a difference. My favorite experience was playing mafia the first weekend and reflection at taco bell."
- Ben Frink, (Barat House, 2011)
"I joined AW to help out the community in some way. My favorite experience was when we danced with the girls to Soulja Boy"
- Alana Epstein (Barat House, 2011)
"I joined AW to work with a group of people I never worked with before in helping others. My favorite experience was getting to know all of the girls and making cooling while watching a movie with them."
- Molly Gallaway (Barat House, 2009)
"I joined AW to allow me to do ongoing community service and make connections within the community. My favorite experience as a lead team member was board game night at Freedom House and working with Mike Wimberly."
- Jaimie Philip (Lead Team, 2008)
"I joined AW to be a part of Freedom House. My favorite experience was meeting Emily Sohiller and Mike, along with working at writing my dream on the butterfly dream wall."
- Alison Carrizales (Freedom House, 2008)
"I joined AW because I love volunteering and wanted to get out of Ann Arbor and help Detroit succeed. My favorite experience was decorating for the party for Mike and helping to plant the garden."
- Janine Lamber (Freedom House, 2011)
"I joined AW because I was very interested in being a part of AW and Freedom House sounded very interesting. My favorite experience was my first visit to the Freedom House."
- Trisha Guerrero (Freedom House, 2009)
"I joined AW because I wanted to help people and expand my horizons.
- Emily Schiller (Freedom House, 2011)
"I joined AW to become more involved in the community. My favorite experience was working with the people at the Freedom house and speaking in Spanish."
- Bradley Larson (Freedom House, 2010)
"I joined AW because I absolutely love it. My favorite experience is working at various sites this semester and becoming more aware of the social issues in Detroit."
- Daniel Kim (Freedom House, 2009)
"I joined AW to help out people and to have fun. My favorite experience was when we built a garage."
- Dinggo Liu (Habitat for Humanity, 2011)
"I joined AW to purse my interest in community building and volunteer work. My favorite experience was the tour of the city and all of our reflections."
- Andrew Kangas (Habitat for Humanity, 2010)
"I joined AW because I wanted to do community service and understand the community around me. My favorite experience was being able to start building a garage that started as only bricks and at the end of that day there was a whole frame up."
- Allison Ryan (Habitat for Humanity, 2011)
If you have something to add, please e-mail us at awsome@umich.edu.
