Working at Amos House over the past few days has been an eye opening experience. Amos House is an organization dedicated to “helping others help themselves.” Amos House accomplishes this through many different programs and aspects of the corporation all founded in compassion.
Amos House is an organization with many different and complex parts working together to benefit the community. During our time at Amos House we all experienced the different parts of Amos House. I worked in social services, where the 90 day program helps get people sober and off of the streets and into affordable housing. I also worked in the business offices where Amos House’s two businesses, More than a Meal Catering and its own carpentry business, are run. I also worked in the development office doing various projects looking for support from various local businesses. Through each of these different experiences I gained a unique understanding of the workings of a nonprofit business and of how each different part of Amos House works to benefit the people they help.
My favorite part of working at Amos House was getting to meet a variety of people from different backgrounds. The very first day I was in social services, I attended a group meeting entitled “Addiction Education.” This was an amazing experience and a wonderful way to really see and understand the people I was working to help. This session was a discussion of their relationship to a “higher power” and accepting that there are somethings in life beyond human control. I truly enjoyed meeting people through social services or just walking around the Amos House property. I also had an opportunity to eat at the dining hall, the soup kitchen. Here I met and shared a meal with people from all different backgrounds, with all different looks and situations, and with different personalities just like anywhere else. The relationships I have seen and developed at Amos House has been one of the best parts of my service experience.
The relationships between “guests,” people in treatment, and the workers at Amos house have been truly eye opening. These relationships show true compassion in action. The people working at Amos House, their “guests” and the volunteers all care about each other and keep “helping others help themselves.”
Overall this has been an amazing experience where I have been able to meet a variety of different people and have been able to see true compassion in the world. Compassion shared between guests at Amos House, between volunteers and between permanent staff is what makes Amos House so successful.
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