Last 2015-2016 school year, 826LA had a small yet super group of volunteers who gave 100 or more hours of their time each. This group volunteered a total of 3246.75 hours across our free student programs! All of us at 826LA are extremely thankful — and to show it, we’ve featured a few of them with the number of hours they volunteered.
Check out this amazing group of volunteers and read a little bit about what they have to say about volunteering at 826LA!
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Joe Jaffa
“Meaningful, engaging and enthralling.”
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Manny Luis
“105 hours of fun had.”
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Ellie Barancik
“There is nothing better than seeing the creativity pour of these kids.”
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Mark Palko
“Teaching is always fun with great kids.”
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Ben Chapman
“I wasn’t keeping track. I was just having fun.”
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Kristina Gsell
“Every time I come to 826LA I always leave in a better mood than when I came in!”
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John Kendall
“Deep down inside, we are all Slobbertrap. You know, that dog made out of rocks, with a heart made out of bugs who only just wanted to be friends with a butterfly?”
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Julie Stark
“My seventh year in a row — I’ll die with my boots on!”
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Jeremy Gaudette
“It’s a very rare thing.”
– Jeovanny, 5th Grade”
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Margi Reeve
“I learned something every minute.”
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Dilma Camposano
“Although I genuinely enjoy helping out in AST, I’ve always wanted to write my own story alongside the kids and share it with everyone at the end (don’t tell them, though!).”
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Kathy Ballsun
“The children: laughing, serious, mischievous, imaginative, perceptive, inquisitive, concerned, intelligent, and insightful.”
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Matt Conway
“142 is a palindrome in base 3 and base 7. Also, 142 hours is sufficient time to watch 27% of all episodes of Star Trek television series.”
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Josie Bloomfield
“Hey, that’s 12 x 12, isn’t it???”
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Therese Bachand
“one hundred fifty three is divided
by three – the student, 826, and me”
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If you are a prospective volunteer and you would like to join in on the fun we have here in the 826LA writing lab, please read about our volunteering opportunities here.