Activity Instructors
Activity Instructors are the heart and soul of the Activity Portion of A Touch of Understanding. These dedicated individuals attend presentations and instruct and assist children in learning about the tools associated with disabilities. They assist students with using wheelchairs and mobility canes, handling braces and artificial limbs, writing in Braille and participating in a mirror-writing activity to simulate the frustration of a learning disability. Activity instructors give the hands-on opportunity to students that leave a lasting impression.
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When Susie Glover retired from the United States Postal Service in 2004, she didn't know what to do with herself. She had worked hard for the past 35 years, finishing out a career with the Postal Service in a senior-level public relations position. Besides her family and close friends, work was Susie's top priority.
In the spring of 2002, I was looking for some new volunteer opportunities. I had been doing a number of volunteer activities since early 2001 after becoming a widow in September 2000. Those activities had all been involved with elderly folks. I wanted to find some worthwhile activity which involved people of different ages.
"Wow!" "Way cool!" "That's amazing!" "No Way!"
I was exposed to ATOU at Greenhills Elementary School~ its very beginnings!! I was then a Room Mom volunteer of a second grader who was in AWE of the "Parts" on the table (the artificial arms and legs) as he called them. He kept looking at them, then looking at me as if to ask, "Is it REALLY all right to touch um, Mom?" That son, now 19 and a U.S. Marine continues to be in awe of the parts and is so grateful that he was introduced to disability awareness when he was young. He returned home from combat training his earlier this year and was able to attend a presentation. The same important message was made clear.
A Touch of Understanding is a life-changing program; and as we all work together to understand others' challenges, we are amazed to find how much all our lives have been enriched.
A Touch of Understanding gives my retirement days special meaning and value. It's very satisfying to watch attitudes, particularly children's, change before your eyes.
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