| Once it is known that you are a practicing magician | | | | laugh and forget the treatment they had just received, |
| there will be several times that you will be approached | | | | or the procedure they are about to have the next day, |
| to volunteer your time and perform at either a hospital | | | | or even make the last few days of someone's life |
| or nursing home or even an Independent Living Center | | | | something nice to remember. The staff appreciates |
| for the Mentally Challenged. It is the unique skill you | | | | the time you give knowing it will brighten everyone's |
| have that will have people asking you because not | | | | day if only for a brief amount of time and what a |
| everyone can do tricks or illusions and entertain people | | | | stress reliever for the staff for that time you are there |
| in a way that makes it feel magical. | | | | performing to the children. It also provides conversation |
| At a nursing home, a magician has the opportunity to | | | | for the staff and patients after you leave, for the day. |
| share their skill and make people laugh and smile. It | | | | In an Independent Living Center, there a disabled or |
| gives the people a chance to forget where they are | | | | mentally challenged people there that enjoys the fact |
| and enjoy the entertainment, as brief as it may be. | | | | someone came to see them and made them laugh. |
| They may also start a conversation and tell you of the | | | | Of course the trickery does not have to be so difficult |
| older magicians they had seen in the past that you | | | | since they may not have the ability to understand, but, |
| possible could have wished you had seen. You allow | | | | the movements of you and your costume amaze |
| them; the residents a chance to feel young again even | | | | them and keep their eyes glued to you. |
| for a brief period of time, for some it may be the last | | | | So, never feel that your time is unappreciated when |
| thing they remember. | | | | you volunteer and provide the targeted audience your |
| On a children's ward in a hospital, once again you are | | | | skills and talent. Everyone loves magic and magicians |
| provided an opportunity to make someone smile or | | | | are fun! |