PrissyCook

I literally smiled so much at the grand opening of the Children’s Museum of Phoenix that my cheeks hurt. My assigned station was the Noodle Forest upstairs. Most of the exhibits at the museum are set up to be multi-sensory, so that the kiddos can really connect with the art and most importantly have fun.

My job was to tell the kids to walk, enjoy, don’t run. There were three different types of Noodle Forest explorers:

1. The ones who would look at it, look at me, look at their mom, look at the forest and cautiously enter.
2. The ones who would look at it, look at me, look at their mom, look at the forest and kamikaze in.
3. The ones who would look at it, look at their kids, look at me, shrug their shoulders and head in.

But all had the same look on their faces when they would come out, these huge big smiles. It was awesome. I had so much fun and like I said, my cheeks hurt from smiling so much. I bet there were lots of kids who slept really well that night. I know I did!

My passion for volunteer work has swelled over this past year and it makes me happy that for the small little audience I have here on this blog, that I have a supportive place to share my stories. Another blog I found by way of Geggie is Mike Lawson’s Benevolent Blogger Project. I love that he’s working to build supportive community. To show solidarity in his mission, I also made a donation to two charities this month, the new expansion of Ronald McDonald House and Gift for Gavin.

Some of my other volunteer experiences this year:

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