La Roche Service Learning Reflection Questions

Please Note:  If you do not see the service event for which you volunteered, please go to the end of the list and use the final service learning question which can apply to any volunteer experience.  This is also the question you should use if you volunteered for a service event not sponsored by Campus Ministry.

If you volunteered with any of the following volunteer organizations, please answer the questions below as assigned by your LRX instructor:

Activities with the elderly in nursing homes, retirement villages, etc.

Animal assisted activities (pet therapy)

Bingo with the sisters

Birthday parties with the sisters!

Conversation partners

Earth Day volunteering

Memory Day

North Hills community outreach

Operation Save-A-Life

Providence family support center

Young adult activity sponsored by the Spina Bifida Assoc.

For all other volunteer experiences, including those you arranged yourself

ACTIVITIES WITH THE ELDERLY IN NURSING HOMES, RETIREMENT VILLAGES, ETC.
	Describe the mission of the nursing home, retirement village, or other agency. In what ways have diminishments affected the lives of these residents? How do they maintain dignity despite their losses? What was your most memorable experience with a resident? Please describe this.
ANIMAL ASSISTED ACTIVITIES (PET THERAPY)
	What is the purpose of having people interact with animals? Describe the interaction of the animals and the people you worked with today. In what ways do you see animals as enriching the lives of humans?
BINGO WITH THE SISTERS
	Describe the event and what was expected of you. With whom did you interact the most and what was that interaction like? How did your presence help bring hope to these sisters?
BIRTHDAY PARTIES WITH THE SISTERS!
	Describe your experience of volunteering with the Sisters at their party How do celebrations help preserve the dignity of individuals? In what way did you see hope reflected in these elderly women, despite their obvious diminishment?
CONVERSATION PARTNERS
	Describe what you do with your conversation partner every week. What have you learned about your conversation partner that was the most important characteristic? What have you learned about your conversation partner's culture; what do you have in common with your conversation partner?
EARTH DAY VOLUNTEERING
	Describe what you did today and with whom. How do you feel you relate to nature and the natural world? What resolution would you like to make to help the environment?
MEMORY DAY
	What is meant by the term "oral history?" What is the value of recalling the past with our elders? Describe the oral history or "memory" that you learned as well as the person who told it.
NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH
	Describe the mission of NHCO. Describe the activity and people you served for NHCO. How did you feel about the work you did and the people you served?
OPERATION SAVE-A-LIFE
	Describe your experience of volunteering with this organization. How would you argue in favor of giving resources to the homeless when so many people say homeless people choose to live that way? Name one fact about homelessness in Allegheny County, PA.
PROVIDENCE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER (These questions apply for both the weekly evening playtime on Wednesdays or the Thanksgiving Dinner in November)
	What is the mission of this organization? Which of the MDGs or the principles of Catholic Social Teaching does this organization meet? Choose one example from question "b" and explain why you think it is important in the life of a child.
YOUNG ADULT ACTIVITY SPONSORED BY THE SPINA BIFIDA ASSOC.
	Who sponsored the event and what is their mission? Describe the activity you participated in with the young adults and how you felt about the activity, the young adults you interacted with, and how you felt about yourself. Put yourself in place of the young adults with spina bifida and describe how you might feel in daily activities.
FOR ALL OTHER VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES, INCLUDING THOSE YOU ARRANGED YOURSELF
	Describe your experience volunteering. Briefly describe an interaction you had and why it impacted you emotionally. How did the service you gave help make you and those you served "the best for the world?"

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