A Wonderful Speech By A Young Volunteer
A wonderful speech young volunteer wrote....she was bat mitzvahed and did her volunteer hours with us.(bat mitzvah is when a jewish child turns 13 they read from the torah to symbolize becoming adult.)
She read this for her speech.
Denise
My mitzvah project is for a national organization called Personal Ponies. Personal Ponies breeds Shetland ponies and lends them to children with disabilities for free. My job was to get the ponies ready for their new social life by feeding, grooming, and cleaning up after the ponies, as well as teaching them to be comfortable with other people. I did this by petting them, walking them on a lead, learning each pony’s personality and getting them accustomed to loud noises and sudden movements. I think my mitzvah project relates to my haftarah because just like Samson was born to help the needy, my volunteer work will help needy kids. I know what it’s like to have an animal to care for, because this year we got a new dog, a whippet named Carly. I love to snuggle her, and she helps me burn off energy when I am excited by playing with me and she helps me relax by cuddling with me.
Everyone who works for Personal Ponies is a volunteer. For example, the woman who owns and breeds the ponies I worked with, Denise Chasin, cares for the ponies herself and pays for everything, even though they are expensive and require a lot of time and effort. By working there, I felt like I became part of the family that is Personal Ponies. We stick together through good times and bad times. One happy event is about to happen: one of the ponies is pregnant and will soon have a baby, and I will get to hold and cuddle the baby pony, to get it used to being touched. But sometimes, bad things happen: one of the ponies the Chasins were hoping to breed cannot become a mother because she was found to have an underbite. The Chasins will still care for the pony, but she can’t be a mother. I would like to thank the Chasins for letting me participate in this worthy program and look forward to spending a lot of time there this summer.
She read this for her speech.
Denise
My mitzvah project is for a national organization called Personal Ponies. Personal Ponies breeds Shetland ponies and lends them to children with disabilities for free. My job was to get the ponies ready for their new social life by feeding, grooming, and cleaning up after the ponies, as well as teaching them to be comfortable with other people. I did this by petting them, walking them on a lead, learning each pony’s personality and getting them accustomed to loud noises and sudden movements. I think my mitzvah project relates to my haftarah because just like Samson was born to help the needy, my volunteer work will help needy kids. I know what it’s like to have an animal to care for, because this year we got a new dog, a whippet named Carly. I love to snuggle her, and she helps me burn off energy when I am excited by playing with me and she helps me relax by cuddling with me.
Everyone who works for Personal Ponies is a volunteer. For example, the woman who owns and breeds the ponies I worked with, Denise Chasin, cares for the ponies herself and pays for everything, even though they are expensive and require a lot of time and effort. By working there, I felt like I became part of the family that is Personal Ponies. We stick together through good times and bad times. One happy event is about to happen: one of the ponies is pregnant and will soon have a baby, and I will get to hold and cuddle the baby pony, to get it used to being touched. But sometimes, bad things happen: one of the ponies the Chasins were hoping to breed cannot become a mother because she was found to have an underbite. The Chasins will still care for the pony, but she can’t be a mother. I would like to thank the Chasins for letting me participate in this worthy program and look forward to spending a lot of time there this summer.
