Monthly Community Service Hours Completed: February: 6 hours
Cumulative Spring Semester Service Hours Completed: 19 hours
Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to volunteer with the Mardi Gras Mambo 10K and 15K that took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana! It was such an exciting event seeing so many people dressed up in their Mardi Gras gear while running such a demanding event! There were over 1,500 hundred runners that consisted of types of people - including children! I had the pleasure of working in the Gear Check tent in which runners could drop off their belongings and then pick them back up at the end of the race. We had a pretty simple system of just marking their belongings with paper tape that had their bib numbers written on them. It felt good to be trusted enough with the runners' belongings so that they could focus on their individual events!
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Early start at 6 am
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Some beads I got from the Raising Cane's tent
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Mr. B helping a runner at our Gear Check tent
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The runners lined up just before the start whistle
I got to meet an avid runner named Mr. B who was a fellow volunteer with me at the Gear Check tent. Both him and his wife are runners and have ran in more marathons, half marathons, and Iron Man events that I could count. I ask Mr. B what his three favorite things about running are. He told me that it's these three things:
1) the health benefits
2) the running community
3) the victory and success you feel is all you and yours alone
He really opened my eyes to the appeal behind running as we were talking, and he may have even inspired me to sign up for the Crescent City Classic which will take place here in New Orleans on April 19, 2025. Big maybe on that one. Overall, it was a very fun event and I had the opportunity to explore a new city that I hadn't been to before.
Classes have been going well. I am very glad to have knocked out four of the six presentations I have this semester after only being back in classes for a month. I am also really glad that I have been able to knock out my mandatory community service hours early on - this means that I may have more time to volunteer at even more events! There are lots of good ones that will be coming up in the future like the French Quarter Festival and many, many more. I will be volunteering with the Tulane Nola Book Festival at the end of March and am very much looking forward to hearing prominent authors speak here at Tulane. I'll be sure to let you know how that even goes!
1) the health benefits
2) the running community
3) the victory and success you feel is all you and yours alone
He really opened my eyes to the appeal behind running as we were talking, and he may have even inspired me to sign up for the Crescent City Classic which will take place here in New Orleans on April 19, 2025. Big maybe on that one. Overall, it was a very fun event and I had the opportunity to explore a new city that I hadn't been to before.
Classes have been going well. I am very glad to have knocked out four of the six presentations I have this semester after only being back in classes for a month. I am also really glad that I have been able to knock out my mandatory community service hours early on - this means that I may have more time to volunteer at even more events! There are lots of good ones that will be coming up in the future like the French Quarter Festival and many, many more. I will be volunteering with the Tulane Nola Book Festival at the end of March and am very much looking forward to hearing prominent authors speak here at Tulane. I'll be sure to let you know how that even goes!
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