Harvest House Through The Cce Program - 866 Words

The organization that I volunteered for was Harvest House through the CCE program. â€Å"Harvest House is an intensive rehabilitative program which provides a variety of integrated and varied life skills training for its member† (Orgsync). Harvest house is a place for both men and women with severe and chronic mental illness are able to gain community support and participate in services that focus on facilitating appropriate socialization, adaptive coping skills, improving self-confidence, and learning how to live with their mental disability. The particular activity that I participated in was receiving donated clothes from designated areas and bringing the clothes to the men and women at the Harvest House. The individuals who participate are living in severe poverty; some receiving as little as $50 a month from the Harvest House organization and having no other income. Harvest House works with both its members and professional staff who provide food to the members and set up meetings for them to interact with each other. The donated clothing that we brought to them is very helpful because it can provide things such as a winter coat, a scarf, a warm hat, or many other articles of clothing that these people would not normally be able to afford. †¢ It was interesting for me to volunteer for this organization because I was able to see how difficult life can be for people who have mental disabilities. †¢ The individuals at this organization varied greatly in the severity of their