T.O.U.C.Ch Volunteer Service

I am so glad I had the opportunity to volunteer for the T.O.U.C.Ch program because it definitely opened my mind bigger then it already is and made me mindful of things that I was not aware of in the past. I mostly helped out with the night classes where we went to Watsonville and tutored adults with English. Aside from me helping them with their English, they taught me how to be more appreciate of what I have. I learned their lifestyle and what they had to go through to be where they are at today. Some of them got really personal with me because they were comfortable with me and told me how their lives were at that point, which I appreciate. I was amazed with all the hard work they showed to learn English and the hard work they used to tell me out in the fields. What really stood out to me was the fact that they can only live there for the season and have to move 50 miles away from the site in order to be considered a migrant worker. I can only imagine how it is to be constantly moving from place to place, very uncomfortable and not the ideal lifestyle one would like to live. However I look up to them for the commitment to live a better life. I also think about the children and the hardships they have to go through to stay educated, if they are moving from place to place then they do not have a stable education environment since they have to be moving school. Therefore I was more than happy to help out these families with whatever was needed because I look up to them for never giving up, no matter what the obstacles are. I seen they all had ambition to learn English so they can have better opportunities in the future and strive to something better. This program has definitely made an impact in my life and I will stay connected with the program for future projects because this project was awesome!