Human dignity was very present throughout the YMCA. Where I volunteered was with the senior citizens and the young kids. With the senior citizens we were teaching them how to do certain things on the computer for example, learn new programs, use their email, upload pictures to their computer, use facebook and other social networking sites, use Microsoft programs, and a lot more. These people were defiantly treated by who they were and not what they could do because when it came to a computer they knew nothing, but with patience and perseverance we both ended up learning a lot.
As well as the seniors, the kids were treated on who they were versus what they could do. When we did an art project there were kids who couldn’t do it correctly and we treated them like the other kids who could we just came over and helped them out a little and then they got it and had a lot of fun. So throughout all of my volunteering at the YMCA I didn’t once see someone not being treated based on what they could do, not only was that against the views of the YMCA but also being a student of Mount Saint Joseph high school.
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