My Journey to Volunteer

Last year, I had the pleasure of spending a week miles and miles away from my hometown of Michigan volunteering on Catalina Island, California. While there, my group from my school (the University of Michigan-Dearborn) worked with the conservancy on the island. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life, and upon finding out the trip would be another volunteer trip for 2015, I immediately signed up.

I am now a leader of the trip that takes place in a little over a month, but between fretting about getting everything together and still handling school and other commitments, it’s been so hard to work enough to fund the trip. So far I have paid all of my payments for the trip out of pocket and aside from a few fundraisers that will cut small portions out of my final payments (maybe $50, if not less).

As much as I love volunteering and I love being able to go to Catalina, the costs are difficult on me. I wouldn’t normally reach out for money as much as I have been for this trip, but money has been tight and this trip means more to me than anyone will every really know.

If you wish to help me out, you can donate to my Go Fund Me account here: http://www.gofundme.com/57uy40

Greetings From Catalina: Some Snippets of My Volunteering

Last week meant my first college spring break. I spent the week volunteering at the Catalina Conservancy on Catalina Island, an island off the coast of Long Beach California. I have a huge amount of pictures; I swear it was impossible to take a bad picture there. I’m really weird about posting my photography pictures on the internet, but here are some of my favorite group shots from the trip. Sorry, I’m going to reminisce and loathe the cold Michigan weather for a few.