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11. I volunteered my time at the Teen Reach center in Charleston.

22. Teen Reach is directly connect to Family and Consumer Sciences and helping families. It is a program for children who do not have parents to go home to after school and I believe families that are closer to the poverty line. The program picks the children up from school, gives them an after school snack, allows the children to get help with their homework, and bring the children to their homes when it is time to go if needed.

33. I worked closely with C.J. and the women who works there watching and engaging with the students that came for the program. With the profession I want to go into it helped me understand that I won’t only be working with children but also other adults and their families.

44. Teen Reach has a very positive effect on the community and these families that it assists. It allows the children to interact and get help with their homework when they do not have that chance at home. It also allows parents to know their children are in a healthy and safe environment while they are at work and not home doing nothing or roaming the streets and engaging in bad activities.

55. I think this was a very eye opening experience and assignment. I really enjoyed going to Teen Reach and I had a good time with the students who came. I got to help a couple of girls study for tests they had and even colored pictures and talked to them. One of the girls told me how she has diabetes and she was telling me all about it. She really knew a lot that I had no idea about so it was fun to learn more about it. I also really like this program I never heard of my community having anything like this and I feel like it is very beneficial for everyone and that more communities should look into things like this. I think it could stop a lot of children from getting in trouble, help them get better grades, and even just give them someone to talk to or something to do instead of sitting at home alone.