Our mission is very small. We have 6 full time people to do all the things we do, so we rely heavily on volunteers. I had talked to a youth group about volunteering and they originally told me they could field a group of about 20 to 30 volunteers. Thirty teens is a big group to try to keep everyone busy and involved for 3 hours.
I had pulled in favors from some of the staff to give up part of their Saturday to help supervise. The group ended up being 50 kids with great adult leadership. We got so many projects completed this morning. One group sorted clothing and boxed it up. Another group landscaped the front yard ( we had the plants, and mulch but they provided the man power!) One group took legs off of stackable desks (200 of them) so we can pack them easier in our next container to Haiti. Another group moved boxes of books, clothing and emptied all the trash we generated from sorting clothing. Still others helped box computer components. The grounds look wonderful and well manicured.
This afternoon the Senior High Class of Weyer's Cave High School 1956 is having their picture taken on the steps of the of our mission (their former high school). What a love gift for them to have the grounds looking so nice.
It was a really great morning and this group truly gave us a great gift.
Saturday, May 20, 2006
A Swarm of Activity......
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I'm so glad everything went so well!! Isn't great when a things go better than expected?! Been a busy day here at the "Garden!" Getting ready for family, graduation, party, etc, etc. ....calgon take me away!!!!
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Hey there Lazy....I do not think your name should have that title in it at all!! You have been very busy today with trying to keep those wonderful volunteers going!! How wonderful for you and Mr. Wonderful and your staff!! I wish that we had some volunteers here!! smile!! Take care....
WOW!! Sounds like you had a great, also busy, day. God does provide what we need.....ain't He good!
Have a blessed weekend.
Busy busy my Daisy friend!! Sounds like you had a great day. Don't you just love to get things done in a timely manner??
Have a terrific rest of your weekend!
LBC
Sounds like a flurry of activity your way!! I know the teens had a ball!!
I'm glad you had such a great, productive day!! :)
Love you :)
Daisy,
Thank you for all the charitable deeds you do. The world is better because of your efforts.
There's nothing like having a large group of volunteers accomplish a huge amount of good work. It gives you a glimpse of what it could be like if you had a real staff to work with! Keep up the good work. We had two groups yesterday that did a great job, too.
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