I chose Manna because I have done lots of administrative/planning volunteering and I found that frustrating because it was hard for me to see where all the work was going, what change we were actually making. With hands-on volunteering however, the reward is immediate, you can see the value of your work with your own eyes. But what did we actually do at Manna? Well, our group prepped, cooked, cleaned, served, and did inventory at Manna. We chopped a lot of potatoes and cracked a whole bunch of eggs. On the first day we switched off cooking and cleaning but on the second day, there was a core group of people cooking and another group which did inventory, shoveled, cataloged volunteer hours, and cleaned. The volunteer supervisor was very helpful in directing us in what tasks to do and how to execute them well, for example, we learned how to mop, how to crack an egg with one hand, as well as various spreadsheet commands.