Volunteering…. So much good energy coming to you!!!

By the Au Pair from Go Au Pair, the Philadelphia cluster, Monica.

My name is Monica Hinestroza and I’m from Colombia. I’ve been here in US as an Au Pair for 5 months already. So far this adventure has been amazing!

Today, I wanted to share with you guys the great experience that I had as a volunteer in the 20th Philadelphia Marathon on November 17th.

This marathon helped to raise money to support some associations, like the American Cancer Society which, for me, is amazing itself. Thanks to Polina Kravets, our Local Area Representative, several Au Pair friends from Go Au Pair and I were volunteers in this event. For most of us, the only motivation was to do something different and help someone else, but at the end of that day, I realized that being a volunteer is so much more than that.

On a beautiful, sunny and warm Sunday in November, we worked as a team, and we made thousands of bags with some snacks for the runners. Then, we gave them those bags, hand-to-hand, and there the magic moment stared……

Because for each bag that we gave them, they gave us back smiles, thanks, blessings and a lot of good energy. Didn’t matter how tired they were or we were in that moment, everybody… runners, volunteers and fans were so happy and so excited and for a couple of hours just being happy and positive was allowed.

It’s unbelievable how you give a little bit of your time to others, and they can give you so much energy and so much happiness.

This was my first time as a volunteer, and I can say, without a doubt, that I would love to do it again because being a volunteer you can feel the real power of the good energy coming to you. See you guys in the next adventure….!!!