Volunteer work

Meal Packing Volunteer • Hunger relief • Warsaw, IN

Nearly every year since 2021, I have joined a Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) packing event at the Warsaw High School Performing Arts Center. Each event is a few hours: volunteers work in small teams on an assembly line, scooping rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables, and a vitamin and mineral blend into bags, weighing them, sealing them, and boxing them for shipment. I have worked all of the positions at the stations, not just two or three of them.

• • Worked all of the positions at the stations, not just two or three
• • Returning volunteer almost every year since 2021

Booster Parent • Youth music education • Bourbon, IN

As a booster parent for the Triton Jr/Sr High School band program, I helped with the logistics and fundraising that keep a school music program running. I helped transport instruments, and I baked goods for the band concerts and worked the bake sales there. I also cooked, coated, and sold "mouse ears" (small elephant ears made from biscuit dough) at community events, including Bourbon's monthly Food Truck Friday, the Atwood Fourth of July event, and a few other miscellaneous events. I served lunches and dinners to the band students, whether homemade or from local restaurants. I also attended the regular monthly meetings to discuss plans, fundraising, and the distribution of funds for instruments, outfits, and other needs. I stayed involved until my son Braden graduated.

• • Transported band instruments for concerts and events
• • Baked goods and worked bake sales at band concerts
• • Cooked and sold "mouse ears" at community events like Food Truck Friday
• • Served lunches and dinners to band students
• • Attended monthly meetings on plans, fundraising, and fund distribution

Animal Care Volunteer • Animal welfare • Warsaw, IN

I volunteered several times in 2024 at the Kosciusko County Animal Welfare League, walking dogs and giving them treats, and spending time petting the cats to give them some comfort. My family has also donated supplies to the shelter since then.

• • Walked dogs and gave treats
• • Comforted cats; donated supplies

Usher and Tear-Down Crew • Community arts and faith

I have volunteered several times with the Allowing Christ to Shine (A.C.T.S.) concert series, welcoming and seating guests as an usher and helping tear down the venue after each event.

• • Ushering and post-event tear-down