First Day : House of Ruth

          Today, I started doing my mentor-ship with Marina Wood from House of Ruth. When I arrived there the first thing that I got to do is photo copy a book that she let me barrow which is called," In Love and in Danger" which is a really good book and providing awesome pointers and info that I haven't known before. She made me do it for a binder that she is putting together for me

 

 After that for the next 30 minutes I had to organize/put some pamphlets and little draw string backpacks away and into their place and I took 1 pamphlet home because they had some really good information that I could use in the future and for references. The bottom picture shows The table I worked at and a pamphlet I took home.

 
I got to make put together qoutes with candy, and it was really cool because Marina passes it to kids, teens, and adults that she presents to at events and it has really motivational quotes attached to it such as," Stand up don't stand by or break the cycle." I forgot to mention that part of Marina duty at House of Ruth is to go to different schools and events and talk to women, teens, or whoever about domestic violence and other categories like teen dating and healthy/unhealthy relationships and much more.

When I finished that it took  a great deal of my time but I enjoyed it, it was really relaxing to me for some reason. After that I had to check other volunteers files to see what other languages they spoke. Marina let me barrow a video called,"Broken Harmonies" and I have to write a little report and then I plan on giving it to Marina. Since I am not 18 yet I can't go and talk to the victims or see how House of Ruth handles the victims but I don't mind because Marina could tell me about it if she doesn't mind. That concludes my 1st day at House of Ruth and I can't wait to do it again!