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did not know anyone in her group
this time.
"It was nice getting to branch out,"
she said. "Rice is so small. It's a great
opportunity to meet new people."
Star of Hope Mission
At a faith-based homeless shelter,
volunteers sorted various donated items.
According to site leader and Baker fresh-
man Liz Young, volunteers paired up
shoes and folded 814 pillow cases.
"In terms of different [Outreach
Day) places I've gone to in the past,
this was more doing a job for them
rather than interacting with people,"
Young said.
She said she felt she was really help-
ing someone by sorting through tangible
items for the organization's clients.
Houston Humane Society
Fifteen volunteers helped the or-
ganization prepare for their upcom-
ing fun run by sorting donated dog-
related items and assembling goody
bags, site leader Diane Chen said.
The animal shelter is focused on
eliminating cruelty, abuse and the
overpopulation of animals, and offers
a spay and neuter clinic and adoptions.
While the volunteers mainly worked on
assembling the bags, they did get to in-
teract with some of the animals.
"We played with the big dogs out-
side, including goldern retrievers,
huskies and laboradors," Chen, a
Baker sophomore, said.
Partnership for the Ad-
vancement and Immersion of
Refugees
PAIR site leader Ariel Rogers
worked with Nepalese teenagers who
recently came to the United States.
She said even though Outreach Day
was her first time volunteering with
PAIR, she was thoroughly impressed
by her experience with the students.
"It was incredible to see how
intelligent they were and how ex-
cited they were to be here," Rogers,
a Brown sophomore said. "Despite
the bad weather, and despite the fact
that we had little to no English words
to communicate with each other, we
had a wonderful time. They made my
month and my semester."
Despite having a translator there
with the volunteers, Rogers said that
the language barrier was still a sub-
stantial obstacle to overcome.
"My first reaction was going into
camp counselor mode," Rogers said,
explaining that she picked up a ball
and began to kick it around.
"Soccer is such a universal lan-
guage that everyone was immediately
joining in," she said.
Houston SPCA
Several groups of volunteers
helped the SPCA animal shelter with
various tasks, including cleaning
out cages and clearing out a barn for
horses. Sid Richardson College junior
Shaiyan Keshvari participated in the
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clean-up efforts of several animal
cages which had been confiscated
from a cock fight.
"On Animal Planet they always
have the animal police who bust cock
fights," Keshvari said. "Somebody
has to clean up after that stuff, so
that's what we did."
"It was very down and dirty," he
continued. "My brand new shoes got
covered in chicken poop, but it was
cool because the people who worked
there were working with us too."
He said this experience was fun
and necessary to help the organiza-
tion function.
"Working behind the scenes you
don't see the fruits of what you're do-
ing, but it's still important to do [it],"
Keshvari said.
AIDS Foundation Houston
Volunteers helped the organization
set up for AIDS Walk Houston, held the
following day. Students helped move
tables, chairs, food, water and registra-
tion materials to Sam Houston Park,
where the benefit walk was held.
Habitat for Humanity
A few student groups volunteered
together at specific Habitat sites, which
made it easier to coordinate, considering
some of the agency's limited space and
volunteer requirements, Chang said.
Habitat for Humanity had a lim-
ited number of volunteer spaces
available and asked volunteers to at-
tend orientation and bring their own
hammers, she said. Volunteers from
AGAPE, Rice's chapter of Campus
Crusade for Christ, came with tools
in hand to begin work on building
new houses.
Crossroad Community
Partnership for Youth
This agency requested volunteers
over age 21 since they would be in-
teracting with youth ages 10-17 who
are all on probation and living in a
residential placement facility. Vol-
unteers from Rice's Graduate Stu-
dent Association interacted with
the youths by playing games, hav-
ing conversations and encouraging
them to make better decisions.
Some organizations gave volun-
teers an overview of their mission
and purpose by offering an orienta-
tion in hopes that the students will
become future volunteers for the or-
ganization after Outreach Day, Chang
said. These organizations included
Bering Omega Community Services,
which focuses on the physical, emo-
tional and spirtual needs of persons
affected by H1V/A1DS, and Ten Thou-
sand Villages, which helps artisans
in developing countries by selling
their goods and telling their stories in
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