Amelia PA Blog

At this time of year with more daylight hours we are able to pack more into 24 hours. At the top of my list is volunteering. Summers past I have taught in the inner city. This year I am trying to find an avenue to help high school students who are new immigrants. This idea has been with me for sometime; then this past Sunday I opened up the New York Times and saw a piece about Student Sponsorship Partners. It is an organization that does precisely that!
Being a new immigrant and a high school student is no easy feat. I immigrated to New York at age 14 as a high school sophomore. The teen angst, fitting in with new trends, finding new friends AND succeeding in class took some effort as far as I can remember.
I hope to bring my experience to this organization or some other one; so that I can help make it easier on another immigrant student.