Homecoming Week

I loved Homecoming Week here at BYU! I didn't know if it was going to be anything like high school where the kids went to the game, the dance, and a parade but all the other activities were poorly attended. Not here! Wahoo! I love school spirit and it makes me feel so proud to go to a school with kids who are willing to get up and go have fun and support their school! I attended the True Blue Football and I volunteered at the Student Honor Association "RESPECT" day activity, I volunteered at the tailgate party before the game I attended, I attended the "Homecoming Spectacular" and performed with my Folk Dance Team in the parade saturday morning.

I loved last week so much! It was so awesome and it provided me some major growing experiences in all the service I got to render. I work in the Human Resources department in the BYUSA office and my job was to get volunteers recruited to staff the homecoming events. My partner Riley and I spent the weekend before homecoming going around the apartments at Wyview passing out flyers to try and inform people on the way they can go about getting involved. I met so many new friends doing this! It was so fun!

I spent alot of time in the office calling people and asking if they'd like to help staff an activity and most people were really excited and willing to help. I have learned that people really do want to volunteer and get involved they just need a little push and direction to know the way about going about that. But I also spent alot of time, over 15 hours, doing the biggest arts and craft project i've ever seen! I helped put together decorations for the Enchanted Dance at Thanksgiving point. No one believed the decorations would be done in time because it was such a huge project that required alot of work and there was no committee put together for just setting it up together so we had to make a makeshift team of volunteers to put the cardboard pieces together. It was really fun though! Frustrating at times because the instructions were confusing..who even knows what a "fronds" is or which side is the "corrugated" side? Not I, sugar pie.

The other service opportunity I really enjoyed was getting the opportunity to serve some friends on my Folk Dance Team. The male class rep in my class broke his leg! So he couldn't dance in the parade so I had the kids sign a card for him and then delivered it to him. Another dancer needed help solidifying the parade routine steps and I was given the opportunity to help her with the steps and spend some time getting to know her. It feels great to know I can help someone and that I do.

I loved the tailgate party! I've never been to one before and I absolutely loved it! The j-dawgs were one thing but the job we got assigned was incred too!! My friends and I got to paint faces! I got dang good at it too. That's the other thing with the volunteering I did last week, my friends were so supportive and so willing to come and help! It was amazing how supportive they were and I was so blessed to have them there with me; I am very grateful for them.

The last thing I remember volunteering at was the SHA noonday activity out on Brigham Square on Friday afternoon. We got to be in charge of activities for students that would help build team work, inform people of the happiness the honor code can bring, and to help students realize the importance of Respect. If they learned a new principle from one of our activities they got a free t-shirt and that was fun to give out. Who doesn't love a free t-shirt :)

The last activity I want to mention was when I hiked the Y for the first time in my life this week. I didn't get to go up for the lighting of the Y but i just went in the middle of the night with some friends I randomly met. They were so kind and friendly. I loved being around them. Homecoming has brought me so many great blessings! I LOVE COLLEGE! I LOVE BYU!