Volunteer Spot Light
Margo Chang
1. What motivates you to volunteer? I feel a need to contribute to society. I'm lucky and don't have to earn a living and volunteering allows me to make a contribution. I get to meet new people and find out what others are doing.
- Why ACR?
In the fall of 2015 I saw a friend's Facebook post and thought that it looked like an interesting place to volunteer. I had volunteered in the Round Rock ISD schools while my daughter was enrolled there. When she graduated it was time to find another place.
- How long have you volunteered with ACR?
I started in January 2016. I do about 4 hours a week and stop by Build A Sign to pick up their donations.
- Are you more into the arts aspect of ACR or the conservation aspect and why?
I am more into the conservation aspect of ACR. Too many things are just thrown away. I may not always to be able to keep my husband from throwing something away but I can keep other things out of the waste stream. I also enjoy the artistic side too. I like to ask the customers what they are going to do with the thing they are holding. Sometimes they don't know yet and other times they have very specific ideas.
- Where else have you/do you volunteer?
As I mentioned earlier I volunteered in the schools. Currently I also drive for Senior Access (formerly Drive A Senior) about once a week. I do that to pay back the community for taking care of my grandparents as they aged. I lived too far away to be able to help but the community was there to help.
- What do you enjoy the most out of volunteering for ACR?
A lot of it is social. While it is satisfying to keep materials out of the waste stream, interacting with people in the center is fun. 7. Do you have any interesting or funny stories about something that happened while you were volunteering at ACR?It’s been nice to develop a relationship with some of the people at Build A Sign. Part of our mission is to build a community and I feel like that's happening with them and with others at Austin Creative Reuse. I've also gotten my knitting (and crochet) friends involved and widened the community through there also. Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions for us Margo. You're such an asset to Austin Creative Reuse!