Amos House- Jackie LaPlante

Working for Amos House was probably one of the most helpful things I could have chosen to do for this project. In the beginning I thought that this was just going to be the group of us working in the kitchen or even just serving the people, but we did so much more than that. I didn't even know there was a business building that had many different offices in it that handled different parts of what makes Amos House. I luckily enough received the chance to work off campus of Amos House at the Mother/Child home. I spent my time there for the first two days, this home is for women who have had an addiction problem, have been abused, or homeless. Through this house they are put into a program that gets them on their feet. It helps the women get a job and become clean of whatever problem they were having, also if they had any children this program will eventually try to help them either gain custody back or even just take care of the child properly. The next two days I worked in the business office which handled their catering for events for people at Amos House, also it handled certain areas of the Friendship Cafe which is a restaurant at the end of friendship street where most of the people who have turned around their lives through Amos House actually work. While being in the business office I had the chance to talk to some people who work in their, they explained stories about how some people who have turned around their lives are now buying houses and apartments. I also worked in the kitchen those two days serving water out to the people. One man stood there and talke to me for almost 10 minutes he was so sweet and very polite. He taught me how to poor the water without spilling it everywhere. The other night I was driving down broad street and I saw him walking with his backpack full of clothes and at the red light I stopped and waved and said hi to him. For the rest of the time at Amos House I worked in the kitchen besides for the last three days. One day we spent planting flowers for the people and then the next two days we worked on a project off campus to get donations for their 35th annual auction. This whole experience was definitely worth it, I think I chose the right place and fit for me to do the service project. It showed me how to understand and help people also to learn from them. It showed Me that it clearly doesn't matter what is on the outside but its what is on the inside