Matan – 3/4/10 – AIDS Walk Volunteer Work

Thursday night at 6 pm, Jasper, Olivia, Adam, Alma and I went into a building that had organized volunteers to help sort posters, papers, and other work (while eating) for the AIDS Walk. We came into the building and immediately followed a guy named Shaun Shepherd. He told us about how it was the 25 anniversary of the AIDS Walk, and many people were going to participate in it. We went into a room and signed in and sat down at a table. Then, we separated 25 papers into different piles by putting rubber bands over every 25 papers. You could say that we did this to about a thousand papers. After that, we put information stickers on AIDS Walk signs. These signs would eventually hold the 25 papers. Every sign had a different picture on them. We were all amazed at the different people that could be a symbol to support AIDS. On the signs, we saw different types of males, females, families and couples. The whole time we were working, we saw everyone smiling and laughing, and just nonstop working. It was great to see how much joy came out of volunteering for a great cause.

Once we left the building, we started to see a bunch of the signs that we helped put together. In a pizzeria, pastry shop, clothing store, and every store had a different sign cover. Every type of male, female, family and couple. Everywhere we looked there was an AIDS sign, and we would scream in joy once we saw it again and again and again. We were so happy about how much support Manhattan was giving towards the AIDS walk. How much concern it was showing, and how much care it had. This, in my mind, was truly a breakthrough.