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Thursday May 04, 2006

Introduction

My name’s Dana and I enjoy volunteering. I grew up in America’s heartland, Indiana, and always knew I wanted to be someplace else. After my time at university, I moved to the suburbs of New York City and spent several years working as a nanny.

Having holidayed in Britain several times and knowing I wanted to spend more time there, I began searching for a fulltime, residential volunteer position. (Many countries allow unpaid, voluntary workers – check it out if there’s someplace you’re craving to explore.) The organisation I went through eventually placed me with a befriending project just outside of Edinburgh. I had a fantastic year! So great, in fact, I went back for a second year. (Year two was just as fabu so, glutton for punishment that I am, I arranged a third year!)  Now back in America, I’m searching for a new project in the UK.

My other volunteer gigs have included helping out with a three-day literature festival devoted to Scotland’s writers during the Edinburgh Fringe, reviewing historical fiction & nonfiction for a literary society, photographing the ceiling at King’s College Chapel (Cambridge) for an architectural survey, and being a Girl Scout (Guide) leader. I enjoy cooking, photography, music, traveling and drinking proper English cider (not the apple-juicy stuff we Americans call cider)!

Posted by Dana ( 11:20 AM )
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