Volunteering at the Houston Food Bank for the final time this semester, I was placed in the Senior Food Box Project. Here, we sorted through donations and created boxes made to help feed older Houstonians in-need. My experience this semester with service learning was a little rocky at first, but ultimately I felt very lucky to be involved in the important work done at the Houston Food Bank. I honestly never realized just how many people in our city are in need of basic items, like clothing and food. I definitely feel that I will be spending more time volunteering in Houston in the future and am grateful that my classmates and I were pushed to get involved.

My second day volunteering at the Houston Food Bank was in the same location but I was placed in a different area of the building. I spent my volunteer hours working on the Backpack Buddy Project; this is a project where volunteers pack lunches for children to eat over the weekend. It felt incredibly rewarding to be able to contribute to something that I felt was so important.

My partnership with CIS did not work out and after a few weeks with no response, I decided to spend my volunteer time in another place. The Houston Food Bank provides the perfect opportunity to give back to the city's hungry and in-need individuals. I went to the Houston Food Bank for the first time and worked sorting through boxes of canned food with other volunteers.