By Diana 

So Brandon plays hockey? Cool. I’m not into hockey as much I was before, but still. I also noticed New Era’s online journalist, Corey Clayton, is a Penguins fan. Now how about Teen Weekend editor Diane Bitting?

Anyway, today was Senior Community Day at McCaskey. (For those unaware of the tradition, it’s a day when seniors do volunteer work in the community.) The morning was a little unorganized because many volunteer sites weren’t open yet. Students were basically being dropped off at random, shabby places throughout the city. My friend Talia and I joked about it being the school’s version of Survivor: Can McCaskey students make it out of the city alive?

My group was at the Arbor Place Community Center. The job description said painting and cleaning up; however, I did none of that. I was given secretary duties because the teacher knew of my journalistic background. I spent about three hours entering data into a computer and every time I typed in that an applicant was from McCaskey, I got a flashback from when I was working on an article about a homeless student – not that community centers and homeless shelters are the same thing.

After the first floor was cleaned, we cleaned the second floor, where there were doors that lead to nowhere, and doors that lead to where you started. The highlight of my day was when Josh scared Talia and me into believing one of the doors came to life, but that’s another story…

Ask any McCaskey senior why they sign up for Senior Community Day and they’re most likely going to say it’s a great way to get out of class. In the end though, it’s all about having fun volunteering with friends and helping others in the community. So let’s hear your volunteering stories.