Remembering Yesterday, Looking Toward Tomorrow - YMCA of the ...
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l Community<strong>YMCA</strong>: Gave me more than I expectedIt’s <strong>the</strong> first time for me to come to <strong>YMCA</strong>. Thesummer <strong>of</strong> 2009, I worked at Snow Mountain Ranchfor three months. It’s such a beautiful and peacefulplace. I just fell in love with SMR as soon as Igot <strong>the</strong>re! During <strong>the</strong> whole summer, I wassurrounded by <strong>the</strong> joyful and peaceful air.This experience would never fade away inmy thought.Time turns to <strong>the</strong> summer <strong>of</strong> 2010. I come to<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r facility <strong>of</strong> <strong>YMCA</strong>, which is locatedat Estes Park. Lots <strong>of</strong> meaningful thingshappened here, I just want to talk about twothings:The International Fair is a really great idea!We have a lot <strong>of</strong> seasonal staff from differentcountries. You don’t need to travel around<strong>the</strong> world to feel <strong>the</strong> different cultures or tomeet different races <strong>of</strong> people. At that day,I finally realized and saw by my own eyesthat <strong>the</strong>re are so many o<strong>the</strong>r totally differentcountries that exist in this world. We workedmore than a week to prepare this fair andOur Core Values: Caring, Honesty, Respect, Responsibility, Faith are in action everydayBy: Zhang Chenwe felt so happy and satisfied about that. We wroteguests <strong>the</strong>ir Chinese names and I told <strong>the</strong>m what<strong>the</strong>ir name means. I was happier than <strong>the</strong> guestswhen I saw <strong>the</strong> smiles on <strong>the</strong>ir faces.Chinese foods are popular here. We tried our bestto make some traditional Chinese food, people justlove it. A four-year-old girl named Kyra told me <strong>the</strong>chicken soup was <strong>the</strong> BEST she ever had! I believethat because four-year-old kids are just honest.The second thing I want to talk about that happenedto me. I work in <strong>the</strong> kitchen and hurt my wrist. During<strong>the</strong> medical process, <strong>the</strong> food service department, HR<strong>of</strong>fice and <strong>the</strong> International Program Director, Jacie,gave me a big help. I felt like I was at home. They arejust so kind to all <strong>the</strong> international staff here. We alllove <strong>the</strong>m and appreciate all <strong>the</strong> things <strong>the</strong>y do forus!I have two more months here. I’m pretty sure after Ileave that I’m gonna miss here so much. It would beamazing if I had <strong>the</strong> chance to come back here withmore Chinese friends!ymcarockiesalumni.org
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