#20 Midterm

So last night, I spent my evening at the London Convention Center. I was there from 4:30 to 10:00 volunteering at the Children's Magical Winter Ball. This ball's purpose was to fundraise for London Health Sciences Center. There were people wearing full lengths gowns. These people paid at least $150 to be there. These are the kinds of people that have money and know how to use it to help others. These people are the ones that think of others before themselves. These are the kind of people that we need more of in the world. I was helping out at the Philanthropy table for the majority of the night, taking the gifts that families had brought for the children that had to be in the hospital over Christmas. The gifts varied from books and crayons to massive gift sets. I don't think the children even understood how much of a difference they were making in another child's life. I also spent some of my night helping out at the craft section. The kids that came, had the option to color and sign a card for a child in the hospital, and some of them even wrote notes. You can tell that even though they don't completely understand the difference they are making, they are still so happy to help.