Community Service (5hrs)

Monday the 21^st of May, I went to finish my community service hours in Alden Long Grove Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.  Basically what Alden is, is a house of rehabilitation and a elderly care center.  It does many things from helping someone into rehab to taking care of those who can’t take care of themselves anymore.  The reason I went there was because a friend of mine works there and it would be nicer giving back for those who gave so much to us.  At first, I thought I was going to work with the older people and help them around.  I thought I would play games, keep them company, and do whatever they needed me to do.  I was fine with it, but later on I figured out I’d work in the rehab center.  Right away I got a little scared.  What would that be like?  What if I get attacked or something like that?  I got a little scared but I needed to help those people so I went for it.  When I got there I was told to go down the other side of the building because the other side was the rehab center.  I went and met with the nurses to figure what I needed to do.  They told me that basically I would help the patients with their medicine, talk to them a little, and do some activities they had planned.  It was a great experience.  I met this one guy named Mark who had a tough story with drugs.   Over all, I learned a lot that day.  It was an experience I will never forget and would like people to experience it to.. Mark’s story gave me many heads up to the future and taught me an important lesson about drugs.