As some of you know, part of my duties at the Sioux YMCA has been to create a long term volunteer program so that more people like me can come volunteer at the Sioux YMCA. So far I've created an application, a manual, put together suggested readings, and cold emailed probably close to 300 departments at various colleges. We've gotten probably around 25 responses and a few applications are rolling in. I wrote a letter for the last page of the volunteer manual. I wanted to share it here because I feel that it encapsulates the experience pretty well.