Rochester Chamber of Commerce: Serendipity

What? It's all about the business. The chamber presents the entire Rochester business community.
Who? Depends upon the volunteer project. The one I did was posted in a member email.
Volunteer Process Time: For my project, 12 hours.
Website: https://www.rochestermnchamber.com/

Does volunteering mean you get the chance to travel, meet awesome people, do exciting things like bungee jumping and parachuting out of an airplane? Not necessarily, I’ve learned, but you might be able to see a basketball-playing robot.

All it takes to experience random volunteer adventure is an email, a post in the newspaper, a slip on a bulletin board, et cetera.

You must always be careful and verify you’re volunteering with a legitimate organization, but risk-taking is essential.

V Tip 006: Take a chance and go for it.

I volunteered to help clean up the First® Lego® Tournament hosted by Rochester Chamber of Commerce.

The event itself was exciting: groups of kids aged 6-9 wearing the same colored shirt, all cheering on the basketball-playing robot or themselves when it was time to hand out awards.

Cleaning up was less exciting: pulling down and carefully untying cameras, carrying tables, and attempting idle chit chat.

But volunteer work is a lot like showing up at a ritzy art gathering with a ketchup stain down your shirt. The pain is worth a few laughs, a few life lessons, and an awesome story.

A First® Lego® team accepts their reward.