On Monday afternoons, I volunteer at Gen Connect. Gen Connect is where a group of All Saints’ students help the elderly residents of Amana Living with their phones, iPads, computers, etc.
2020 is my third semester volunteering with Gen Connect. I love the way the elderly residents of Amana react when they finally understand a concept and the way that they bring so much wisdom and so many stories to tell us.
The skills that I use while participating in Gen Connect are collaboration (we work in partners to one Amana member); patience, as most of the weeks we are going over last week’s work and reiterating what we have already said and organisation as we have to be prepared for the 60-minute meeting otherwise the elderly residents don’t get much benefit. Overall, Gen Connect is an amazing experience and I am going to continue doing it through until Year 12.