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Gesher Sunday! (My volunteer group thingy) Over the next two hours, my arms felt heavier and heavier from lifting boxes. I set the cardboard box down, and slowly started sorting the various cans by type of food, and expiration date. The backdoor of the room was stuck open, so the cold winter breeze flooded the area. My fingers became numb soon after starting, and the cool glass jars and metal cans didn't help them stay warm. I brought down another box and just before my fingers could brush the side of a jar, I heard a sudden squeal followed by "SQUIRREL!!!!!!!!!!!!" Everyone dropped what they were doing and started screaming as the squirrel ran around the cement floor of the basement desperately trying to find an escape route. Of course something like this would happen, and all I can do is roll my eyes at the panicking children and get back to work. My hand never had the chance to reach my phone and check the time, but after many cycles of picking up, setting down, and sorting, it was time to scam little kids at the Purim carnival.


The huge social hall is filled with booths and games to play, each with only a slight chance to win. I grabbed my staff T-shirt and went over to the Fish Pong booth. The goal of the game is to get at least three out of five ping pong balls into any of the 50 cups set out, and you win a fish. Almost everyone won, I guess this one wasn't a scam. Next was the impossible ring toss. After the next two hours of standing by the booth, I felt bad for the few kids that wasted twelve tickets trying to get a ring on, so I gave them a few extra points. Kids would come back again and again, this game was virtually impossible. Only ten kids the whole time actually got a ring on one of the pegs. 2:30, time to clean up. It took some time to clean up considering I was physically exhausted from the whole box thing and dodging flying rings that were supposed to be in the general area of the game.