The students arrived this morning and broke in to two planning groups. So far the projects were planned for them....now it was time for the students to think of a service project on their own. The seniors were asked to reflect on what we had learned so far this week about needs in the area. Today's theme was "Random Acts of Kindness". They had to set a budget, form a plan and implement it. At first it was pretty quiet....they did not know what to do! After a while they realized that they needed to get down to business and we (adults) were asking them to think for themselves. There were lots of discussions and some laughter at some pretty wild ideas. Finally they decided they would seek out homes in areas of need and deliver groceries to those homes with a note that says "Please accept this gift of groceries from Dillon Christian School Senior Class of 2010". We had a request from the council on aging to teach them how to use the Wii they received as a donation so Cory and Preston went to do that. The girls headed out to buy toiletry supplies to donate to Helping Hands and the guys went to the grocery store. They are really excited about coming up with this idea on their own.
Everyone returned to sort the groceries in to bags and attached the notes. They had purchased enough groceries to feed six families! After the bags were loaded they went to Helping hands to deliver their donation of soap, toothbrushes, toilet paper and more. Then off to find needy famlies to deliver the food to. Those that they were able to personally give the food to were very thankful!
We should all be proud of our Seniors! Those in Belize and this great group who have sought out and delivered to the needs of our community here at home! Great job!
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