On Saturday November 27th, over 100 students from Saugeen Maitland Hall took part in Saugeen Serves. We were split into eleven groups and each group spent the afternoon service learning with an organization within London. I was the team leader of a group of seven students who ventured to St. Joseph’s Hospital-Parkwood in the south of London. That afternoon, a Barbershop Quartet was performing in the auditorium, and it was our job to transport the patients from their rooms to the auditorium so they could enjoy the entertainment. While gathering residents to escort to the auditorium, we had the chance to talk to them and, as most of the residents were much older than us, it was a nice change from the usual conversations we have at school. There is a Veteran’s wing at this hospital, and some of the other volunteers were fortunate enough to escort them to the auditorium and talk to them about their adventures. The Barbershop Quartet was entertaining, and my favourite part was when the residents were given the words to some common Christmas carols and we all sang along. It was really nice to see hospitalized people so happy and excited about the holidays.
After the show was over and we escorted everyone back to their rooms, we were shown this touching video about some residents from this hospital:
My service learning experience at this hospital was amazing, and everyone from our group signed up to get more information about volunteering there in the future.
-Alyssa Kelly
-Alyssa Kelly
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