I have been volunteering at CRAB (Chesapeake Regional Accessible Boating). CRAB's program taking out people with Disabilities and Children from underpriveledged neighborhoods out sailing has been a meaningful experience to participate in. Seeing the joy on the faces of the 'guests' taken out sailing is amplified in my heart.
CRAB operates with a manual that provides guidiance on their very organized set of procedures. Each year the volunteers attend a short seminar to updates us on both the old and any new precedures and reacquaints us with the boats used by CRAB. Today, was that seminar and I got to spend some time on the boats messing about the their unique set-up.
(If you find yourself with some spare time and a desire to do some good while messing with boats, I hope that you will check CRAB out.)