Kentucky Smoke Free, The First Experience

To be honest, all the member in my group, myself included, have not had any actual, relevant service experience with Kentucky Smoke Free Policy. We were told by Monica that the majority of the service learning would take place in November with their initiative.

UK College of Nursing, where volunteering took place

Frankly speaking, the most interaction I have had with the organization is limited to scanning their documents. When I first went in to volunteer, I was expecting to lend some assistance to some more important tasks at hand, but I was quite disappointed that I was left to do was essentially busy work. Quite literally, I scanned hundreds of sheets of documents and newspapers within the time span of the two hours that I was there. Aside from the fact that I was somewhat annoyed with having to do non-essential work, the scanning itself provided many frustrations. If some of the papers were stapled together and I didn't know, the printer would jam while trying to scan, making me incredibly frustrated at times. The repetitiveness of the work that I had to do did not alleviate matters either. It was incredibly boring to be doing the same motion of taking papers and loading them for two whole hours. While I do realize that the work I was doing benefited the organization with their moving process, it was honestly hard to care about it. I did the work that I was asked of in a diligent manner, but I did not really enjoy a single minute of it.

The piles and piles of documents that were scanned

With that said, I certainly hope that the experience in November will be much better. I want to get into the actual important things, not the minutia. I agree with the organization's ideals and initiatives - I would just like to have the opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way. I hope that what is to come will allow me to do just that.