The Making it Work program is almost done. It’s gone very fast. I learned so many new things to give me useful experiences and skills. We have learned about anger management, assertiveness, writing cover letters and resumes among more things. We have volunteered at Seniors Bingo at Central Neighborhood House, played with children at St.Bartholomew’s Children’s Centre, grew the plants at the park near Eglinton West station , rooted out the wild plants at City Hall, practiced how to grow the young plants at the greenhouse in High Park etc.

We have watched the TAXI Project theatre show, and films at National Film Board were great and helpful for me. We have many workshops about everything in life while we have many funny games in Serve!. We have many times done team work--for instance we played games to inspire others (i.e. to take the ball at the chair in the bottom of the team).  We have a team meeting and feedback circle every Tuesday; get feedback and conduct our goal (idea) every Wednesday between the leader and the other members in our team

I was interested about Adventureworks! in the fourth week. It was a helpful thing for me because I wished I can climb and walk on the rope on the top of the tree like the people in the circus. It helped me know one thing, that I wasn’t afraid of the height when I was there. It made me have a special feeling like I was flying around the trees, like the small bird have freedom.  I had seen the team work that makes me remember one quote: only you can’t do everything but you have teamwork you can do every thing. I Love that useful thing and it makes my dream come true.

I learned many new things from the workshop at Serve. We had learned how to write a good resume and cover letter for ourselves at Y.E.S.  The workshops also gave me many ideas or advice about body language; that protecting my sex means how to use the condom and many real things I can apply it for my real life and I learned more experiences and skills for myself.

By:  Michelle