On our way...
Today we participated in our church's new Saturday Serve day. On the third Saturday of every month, we are going to be doing different service projects throughout the community. Nothing makes me happier! I LOVE LOVE LOVE service projects and am so thrilled to finally have found an outlet in Kennesaw where we can get plugged in and help out! We of course did the Operation Shoebox and an Angel Tree angel at Christmas, but Greg and I were both wanting to do something charitable on a more regular basis. So thankfully, NMC has started this new program and we are so glad to be a part of it! There were three different sites to choose from today, but we chose to work at the Center for Children and Young Adults. This is a place where children go who have either been through DFACS, are waiting to be placed in a foster home, have just been taken from their home because of domestic violence, their parents may have been addicts, they may have been neglected, etc. There are three buildings, one was for ages 0-12, one for 13-17, and another for 17-21 where they also help the kids go to college. We were placed at the home for 13-17 and were helping out with some storage issues today. There were about 15 or so volunteers with our group and we split up throughout the building working in the areas that needed to be organized. The center receives tons of donations so all of the closets needed cleaning and organization. Greg and I took on the school/office supply cabinets as our task. Sadly, we both have slight OCD tendencies and as soon as we saw the disarray we both looked at each other and claimed it!We had to take inventory of everything in there and then organize it. It looked awesome after we were finished and I LOVED having it look so neat...it made me look forward to working on my supply closet in my future classroom! One, because I LOVE new school supplies and two, because who doesn't like everything in order =) The kids get to sleep late on Saturdays, so we only got to see a few as they were coming out for breakfast and we were heading out, so hopefully, if we're at the same location next time, we'll get to spend some time with them! Here are a couple of pictures...you can see only part of the "before" pics behind us!
Greg's cabinet...
After...
My cabinet...
After...
5 comments:
Wow- those look amazing! You know my love for a well-organized closet. I love all the little labeled plastic containers in Greg's and the still-wrapped construction paper stacks in yours... so much potential in a shiny, cellophane-wrapped package of construction paper! Great job!
what a great thing to do in your "spare time" these days, jill! it's great that y'all are doing this. keep it up!
Wow! How proud we are of both of you! It is wonderful that you have found such a great way to give back! And doing something so worthwhile together will enrich your relationship!
Cute pictures. Great job!
I am so happy that you have find this ministry. I am amazed at your organizational abilities as well. How about coming on up to my home ?
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