For my senior project, I worked at RHD-RI with Olivia. RHD stands for Resources for Human Development, and it has two major sections: school services and adults with disabilities. I mostly worked in school services, so I was seeing high school students, up to age 21, who had mental or emotional disabilities.
Our daily duties included helping teach classes, such as jewelry making, creative movement, and astronomy, doing office work, such as copying and putting together packets, spending time with the clients, and running errands. During the second week, we went outside of RHD and visited local businesses to see if they were interested in having RHD students work as interns for them, which was a very different experience.
My favorite thing about RHD was spending time with and meeting the clients there. Everyone is very friendly and always wants to be introduced and shake hands, which I thought was very nice. Olivia and I met a few people there who were our favorites, including Dave. He loves motorcycles and art, and even invited us to his birthday party later this year. Another person who I enjoyed meeting was Bobby, who was in school services. He and I share an interest; creative writing, although his favorite is poetry. He liked to share his writing with us, and is planning on entering some of his poems in a contest.
Overall, I really enjoyed my time at RHD. I'd be interested in going back to volunteer in the future, and I highly suggest it to future seniors looking for an independent project site.
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