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1.       I volunteered at Catholic Charities in Effingham, IL.

2.       Catholic Charities uses many programs within their location, like the second hand rose retail store. The second hand rose is a retail shop is where people from the community donate their items to be sold for a cheaper price. Families who are at a much higher need for items and do not have the money will get a voucher for items with in the store at no price or at a much lower price.  For the people who do not have vouchers, will pay the discounted price.

3.       I volunteered at the second hand rose for an hour and networked with all the other volunteers that sort the items that people donate. They go through the clothes and sort summer and winter. In the Catholic Charities office, Subway brought in their old bread for catholic charities to distribute to the families in need. They also have classes for adolescents who have anger management problems and are offered once a week during the summer. Catholic Charities also offers free meals on Wednesdays for any children at West Side school in Effingham.

4.       Catholic Charities offers many families living in poverty items sold at a cheap price or they are given the items. This also gives the community a way to give back and to help out the people who are in need of help.

5.       I really enjoyed this assignment because I made my day better helping people and giving back to my community. I did not realize that Catholic Charities did so much for the community and for people in need. I also noticed at the second hand rose store that there were so many people in the community that shopped there. It made me realize that there were more people living in poverty than I thought.