#24 (March): Participate in one volunteer/non-profit activity each month.

Date Completed:  3/13/2010

Lisa and I participated in the March volunteer event together. We helped with the Adaptive Bowling League event hosted by the City of Richfield’s Adaptive Recreation & Learning Exchange (AR&LE). The City of Richfield is a member of a four-city (Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Edina and Richfield) AR&LE cooperative which offers opportunities for people with disabilities to actively participate in recreation, leisure and community education programs. It was another fantastic experience! We were each assigned a lane of bowlers to assist, support and encourage. Bowlers were each unique with physical and/or developmental disabilities and they were so appreciative of the staff and volunteers at the event. We carried bowling balls, assisted bowlers with the adaptive bowling ramps, cheered on the participants, and spent one-on-one time visiting. It really was a neat experience and I wouldn’t have traded my time with Ted, Ian, Derrick and Brian for anything! I’m looking forward to sharing time with them again in the future.