One of the volunteer coordinators asked me if I would be interested in helping out with Pet Therapy during my weekly volunteering at Childserve. Most def!

Got there at my regular time and recruited Josh to help me pick out books to read. We used our imagination and pretended that we were in race cars while “driving” down to the book center. We picked out a few books and just haaaaaad to quickly read the “Under the sea” pop-up book. It was really cool! We’d laugh together whenever one of the popups “scared” us. We then “drove” back to the main area where I took a book over to read some more to Hallie. We had a good time and she smiled whenever I’d make the silly voices for the characters. Of course, after every chapter, we just haaaaaad to pause for a popup book and some knock-knock jokes.

Time came for pet therapy – I got to meet Babe, a beautiful Golden Retriever – what a spunky sweet dog! The children spent time petting him and throwing the ball so he’d retrieve it. The time passes too quickly and we said goodbye to Babe until next week.

So, if you’re looking for a great opportunity to volunteer with kids and make a difference, check out Childserve, they have a variety of ways you can get involved.