This weekend was my first time volunteering in a couple of
years, and I realized how fulfilling volunteering was. I was exhausted and my
feet killed after every night, but I got to meet and talk to some amazing
people. It was intimidating due to the hour long street car ride I had to take
to get to the King East Design District. And I was in million dollar show rooms
with rich and respectable people, so you better not mess up. Starting with my
trip, I am new to Toronto and even though the trip was straight forward,
literally, I managed to still become flustered. I got off at King street west and had to run to get back
on the street car and continue on to King street east. Thursday night was the
VIP event where I was the greeter and worked coat check. I got to talk to some
amazing people, and see some big names in the design world.
The guests included:
- publisher of house and homes magazine Lynda Reeves,
- chef David Rocco,
- Neil Hetherington CEO of Habitat for Humanity Toronto
The VIP event went smoothly, and on the
weekend I was at Kiosk and Cambria, in which I was set up at a table by the
front doors handing out passports to those who made donations to Habitat for
Humanity. Kiosk had a beagle who kept me company (I love beagles), and the
employees at Cambria were really nice. I also got the chance to meet Rob
Campbell who is a blogger at smojoe who wrote an article about the event
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/333890. It was a good volunteer experience I was happy to
partake in, I am looking forward to my next volunteer opportunity, what events
are you volunteering for? 
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