On the afternoon of November 22, a group of Shin Shin Youth Group volunteers headed to San Jose to help at the RAFT organization’s headquarters. RAFT is a non-profit dedicated to creating hands-on learning opportunities for students and communities by creating STEAM project kits for teachers. During the event, Shin Shin volunteers helped group and sort donated supplies from various people and organizations. For example, there were a plethora of art supplies such as paint, markers, and chalk, as well as other supplies like tape, popsicle sticks, and more. By the end of the events, similar items were properly placed into their own labeled bins. From there, the items were used to build separate STEAM kids for teachers to use in classrooms all across the Bay Area. Overall, volunteering with RAFT was a great experience and Shin Shin volunteers had a fun time working together to help improve the educational experiences of other young students!
---written by Ashley
---written by Ashley