Peninsula Bridge 
Rolando Victoria 
6/22/16

Before starting my five weeks at Peninsula Bridge, I believed that I was going to be helping children who were likely to be unhappily spending five weeks of their summer stuck in a classroom. However, I was proven wrong on the very first day, when I asked a child what they thought of the program, and I was promptly given the response of "I love being with my non-school friends, and I get to learn stuff too." This experience helped me to understand not only that I could help to educate these children, but to help build connections that they will maintain for a long time. Through my work at Peninsula bridge I was able to reflect on how the connections and skills that I obtained in Peninsula Bridge had helped me throughout the rest of my life so far. I was not surprised by my emotional reactions because I volunteered at Bridge the year before, and I had already gone through the whole reminiscing phase, however I always get sad when I think about saying goodbye to the children in my family group and who I have grown attached to. I do believe that I made a positive impact through my service because many of the children have improved in their scores, and everyone in my family group, most of whom were never friends or had never talked to each other that much go out of their way to include each other in activities and conversations.