{"id":376,"date":"2010-03-16T09:20:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T08:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/?p=376"},"modified":"2010-03-16T10:35:59","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T09:35:59","slug":"volunteering-work-at-wog-a-report-by-dalibor-vartovnik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/2010\/03\/volunteering-work-at-wog-a-report-by-dalibor-vartovnik\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering work at WOG – a report by Dalibor Vartovnik"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My journey as a\u00a0volunteer for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games (WOG) <\/strong> in Vancouver\u00a0 all began when I\u00a0talked to my LSI teacher Mia. She came up with the idea to volunteer for WOG . I\u00a0applied for the position the next day\u00a0 and then waited for\u00a0an answer. A couple of months later, whilst I was preparing for my FCE exam<\/a> at LSI Vancouver<\/a>, I\u00a0had an unexpected call. I\u00a0had been choosen for as a\u00a0volunteer!<\/p>\n

Before the Olympics started I\u00a0did a\u00a0couple of training courses. They told me that I would be\u00a0working in residential services in one of the buildings in the Vancouver Olympic village dealing with everyday athletes\u2019 needs and residential issues.<\/p>\n

Then the Games started. The atmosphere in the village was amazing. Everybody was nice and there was a smile around every corner. The volunteers did excellent work with lots of positive feedback. Because\u00a0 I am from the Slovak Republic I was placed in the building with the Slovak athletes. I was so happy: working for WOG and meeting athletes from all over the world,\u00a0it \u00a0could not have been any\u00a0better. I was living in a dream. During\u00a0my time in the athletes\u2019 village I met many great people from whom I learnt a lot and received a lot of support. I made many good friends and we became like a small family.<\/p>\n

Now the Olympics have ended but my journey as a volunteer has not finished yet. I will be working as a chaperon for\u00a0 the Paralympics for the\u00a0anti-doping section. I am looking forward to this job too.<\/p>\n

At the end I want to thank LSI<\/a> and all Vancouverites for warmly welcoming me and for the opportunity that they gave me. All of this would not have \u00a0happened with out them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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