If you ever get an opportunity to volunteer for any of your kids school activities I would definitely recommend it! Way back when my daughter was in the Girl Scouts…well, Daisies that is…the troop needed 2 leaders. I was reluctant to volunteer because I was worried that I had no idea what I was doing and I wasn’t sure that I would be able to find the extra time to do what was needed to be done. But, I decided to volunteer and I was so glad that I did! I was able to get to know my daughter’s friends a little bit better, I enjoyed planning fun activities for the girls (and they seemed to really love what we planned) and it was nice to spend some extra time with my daughter too! I’m not going to lie…sometimes it was tough fitting in the extra time to plan and prepare for the meetings but it was so rewarding in the end.
Take the opportunity when you can to pitch in and go the extra mile. It is so easy to drop your child off to an activity and pick them up when it’s over and go on with your day. But, I can tell you from experience that when we planned activities and parents would come in to help out… their children were so happy to see them!! And it was so helpful to us to have parent volunteers as an extra set of hands to help out. Even if you can only volunteer in a small way it sets a wonderful example for your children that volunteering and giving a helping hand is what you do when you live in a community. Another added bonus is that it is a great way to meet other people in your community. I am pretty introverted and it really helped me to get to know the other parents better by talking to them at the pick up or working with them on projects. Setting that example early on plants a seed so that one day when your kids are in your shoes they will instinctively help out!
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