Personal Narrative: Intercity Salvation Army Core

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In the summer of 2013 at a family barbeque I casually asked my aunt if there was any way I could volunteer at her job, an intercity Salvation Army Core, throughout the week. Asking this simple question that I did not put much thought into initially, lead to far more than I could have ever anticipated. I planned out what my experience would be like at the core playing out different scenarios in my head. I expected it to be similar to every other volunteer experience I had, simply assist the employees and maybe meet a few people along the way. I thought I would be working in the back pantry just organizing and packing foods into care packages having minimal interactions. Before long I began volunteering at the Salvation Army Rosemont Core. When

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