Group Service

For our group service project we visited Stone Hill and helped with the elderly. Our project was to listen to the elderly and overall just spend some time with them. We also ended up helping give out prizes at their Sunday night bingo. I ended up talking to an elderly woman who was about to turn 96 years old. She repeated a lot of things but she was very friendly and super happy to be spending time with us. She talked about how she has traveled all around the world, and in her travels she learned that most people are alike. We think we are all so different from one another, but across different cultures we like to do similar things such as playing baseball. She believes that the most important thing in life is to settle down and get married, because marriage is an important part of life. 

This project was different than my individual service project because it was a lot less work and was more enjoyable. The individual service project that I am doing is taking a lot of time and is related to my major. This project was a fun Sunday spent with the elderly, and it didn’t really relate to any business classes I have taken. Overall, I liked this service because talking to the elderly is always interesting. They have lived a long and interesting life, and learning from them is always fun. I enjoy hearing old stories, or listening to the wisdom that they wish to impart onto me. I hope that when I am 95 years old I am able to look back on my life and feel that I have done well.