Kicked out of NHS?

blackkitteycat
Fri, 27 May 2016 00:57:31 +0000

Hi! This year was my first year in NHS and i’ve been having problems with it since the beginning. First, I never got any emails from the coordinator and as a result, didn’t attend the fall meeting or pay my dues(as I had no idea when these things were happening, and to be honest, forgot about NHS since i hadn’t heard anything about it since last april)
After hearing from friends and talking to them about NHS meetings and realizing I wasn’t getting invited, I went and talked to the coordinator. We discovered that the email address she had was wrong, I paid my dues, everything was fine. Then about a month ago, she emails me to tell me that I need to complete a service project for the year. Unfortunately, you hve to choose one of their service projects, you can’t volunteer wherever. But since I had never gotten any emails from them, I missed all the service project opportunities. I told her this, and she said my only option was to try and volunteer at this city-run place.
I say great and immediately email them. However, all their orientations were at noon on school days. I emailed the lady from the volunteer place, and she told me my only option was to come in the summer, which I couldn’t do because NHS needed the service project this year.
As a result of this, I’ve been “dismissed” from the NHS. I feel that this is unfair to be honest, but I don’t want to try and bargain my case with the coordinator as this whole experience has been a nightmare. I was wondering, how important is NHS?