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

Date Completed:  6/19/2010

It turns out that this month’s volunteer event was a double-header for THE LIST, so I’ll be checking off two items eventually. I spent the morning helping the City of St. Louis Park with their annual event, Parktacular. I was assigned an intersection to direct cars and keep parade traffic out of the neighborhood. I was a little hesitant when they showed me the neon orange mesh vest I needed to wear (under no circumstance could this be deemed fashionable) but almost died when the volunteer coordinator asked me to pair it with a bright blue volunteer t-shirt. For those of you who keep up with this blog, you know that immediately caused me anxiety because I had arrived in a black running skirt and have this whole “black with blue” thing. Anyway, I realized none of this really mattered because I had burned my neck earlier in the week with my curling iron, so I was a mess to begin with. I found it quite funny when a guy from the neighborhood actually asked me out after he clarified that the burn wasn’t a little love mark left by my boyfriend! Too funny. Stay tuned for the other item to be posted soon…