Update for CAS hours January the 27th

- Library service                                           (14 hours)

- Yoga w/ Mrs.Laney                                   (15 hours)

- Student Council                                         (10 hours)

- December 1 &2 dance (Doorman)             (10 hours)

- MUN                                                        (11 hours)

- MUN Paris Conference                             (17 hours)

- Blind benifit fundraiser                                (4 hours)

- Combat training clases                                (5 hours)

- Combat Survival Test in Normandy             (20 hours)

- Baby Sitting                                                (0 hours)

- Soup kitchen                                               (6 hours)

- Ameasty International                                  (5 hours)

- Self Defense                                                (2 hours)

- Short film club                                             (2 hours)


Total______________________________121 hours_

Soup kitchen (On January the 5th and 12th)

On both these days I helped a group with giving out warm food and beverages to some of the more under privileged members of Parisian society. It was very interesting for me because I was able to exchange words and partake in conversations with the many SDF or sans abris (french for without a home).  There was a clear difference  from one man/woman to the next. Each had interesting stories and some were angry or upset but, most were very kind with me and our group and enjoyed our international backgrounds. Our establishment in Paris eased access to may visitors and made it less awkward as it was a general 'food give-away'. As long as you waited kindly in line, you received generous amounts of food with no questions asked. The experience also tested our comprehensions of many different french dialects and languages as many of these sans domicile fixe were from exterior nations of France and this allowed a odd and yet enjoyable mix of origins and people. The experience was overall very enjoyable and I assume many within our group felt the same way. I gained a sense of pride in my work whilst helping the SDF and soup kitchen staff alike. I gained patience and a larger sense of the worlds people as an added bonus. Some of us also had to learn a new sort of tolerance to more aggressive and upset members amongst the people there.

Pity was never felt among our group but, those nights allowed us to see more into this growing group of people in France who cannot be imaged solely as 'homeless' but, as the few french residents left who see eating and sleeping as an act of survival and not comfort. An amazing experience.