Au Pairs from Au Pair in America joined their Local Community Counselor, Susan Kalan for a volunteer activity at Cradles to Crayons in Conshocken, PA on Tuesday night.  “We didn’t realize how much fun it would be,” commented Oksana from Ukraine and Szabina from Hungary.

“It felt like we were shopping,” Susan Kalan says – We were given a list of items for a particular age group and sex.  We gathered the items from bins of gently-used or new clothing and accessories that had been donated.  We made sure every item was in good condition – taking care to coordinate colors; keeping in mind how much this small bag of essential items will mean to a child in need.

Michael Smith, Executive Director of C2C; explained to us that the bags went to children who were living in homeless shelters or who are victims of domestic violence; and living in shelters.  The bag of donated items from C2C represents the only personal items they would have for a while.