By Saki Sakaihara Today, we went to Saint James Food Pantry to help the organization distribute food for homeless people and people don't have enough money to buy food. In the morning, most of the people who came to the pantry were Chinese. They were not able to speak English well, but some members of us tried to communicate with them using simple words and slowing down … [Read more...] about Remember
Archives for March 2017
Ok, so I was left with the last day of our amazing trip. It's sad to think that tomorrow we'll be heading back to Springfield but so happy to experience everything and every detail that we did this week. Just for start, english is not my first language (so I'm really sorry for any grammar mistakes) and United States is not my home country. But I can say that not only just … [Read more...] about Last but not least, French Quarter
Today was our final day of service. Throughout the week, we had serviced at various locations around Atlanta including, the Central Night Shelter, the Atlanta Center of Self Sufficiency and Bright Futures House. Before today all of services that we had participated included direct service. I found this type of service the most fulfilling part of the whole trip. This is because … [Read more...] about Last Day of Service
Staying at home, relaxing, and taking a mental break from school may have been nice but I wouldn't have traded it for this trip. I knew when I applied I wanted to do something productive with my time off, so I was thrilled to be accepted. I'm also glad that the service of Children and Families related to my social work major. I looked forward to this trip for a few … [Read more...] about Service and Nature- Ross Wright
Growing up, I always thought quicksand would be a bigger deal in my life than it actually was. I was cautious of quicksand and nervous about if and when it would suck me up. Today was the closest I came to sinking in quicksand. For our last and final day of Bear Breaks in Asheville, we served with Asheville Greenworks again helping them to remove a log jam that got stuck in one … [Read more...] about We All Get Stuck Sometimes