7:00 a.m. and the alarm at the fire station goes off and Day one of service has officially begun! I think everyone was on a service high so getting everyone up wasn't hard at all (we'll see how long that lasts!). We headed over to the Boys and Girls Club of Washington County and while we waited for our service coordinator, played a lot of cool ice breakers that allowed us to bond together and build our friendships. When she arrived and we went in, it was definitely overwhelming to see the condition the club was in, and getting to work right away was a must. Some of us cleaned out the rooms that were filled with dust, while others mopped the floors. We learned how to be flexible today because of how low supplies were at the Boys and Girls Club. After talking to Ms. Roe, and figuring out that they only get to work with $160,000 for the year we saw how tight money was, and why it wouldn't go to things like a mop, when it could go to something they see as more useful, like school supplies. It was a blessing to see how grateful and thankful Ms. Roe and Ms. Hines were to have us there that day, because of all the work we did. Hopefully, we will be able to meet the kids later on in the week.
Next we went to WWISCAA, an organization that helps all counties around the city in emergency crises. It felt like the perfect day to serve here because of all the flooding that has been happening and the amount of families that are probably in need. There we helped paint rooms that they would be moving residents into and the appreciation from the low staff there was incredible. It was so awesome to see how much they loved helping and how appreciative they were for us to help as well. Work has just begun as we are going back to WWISCAA tomorrow to help even more. I can't wait to see what else this week has in store for us.
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