BLOG ENTRY NUMERO DOS
On behalf of everyone; hi dad! So today when we woke up it
was no longer dark and stormy, but overcast and humid! Everyone split up and
went to different places to volunteer. We left to repair houses with Habitat
For Humanity, make and serve meals at Ransom Café and sort items at the food
bank.
At our Habitat For Humanity site we sweat more water than we
drank (which, to clarify, doesn’t mean we didn’t drink a lot, we sweat
buckets). We went to two different houses. At one house, we taped walls over
with plastic so that we could scrape the popcorn ceiling off. We got to be
Ghostbusters for a day and fight roof crime. #hazmatsuits #whoyougonnacall #rjc
We also ripped out cabinets in the kitchen and carpet. #Lloyd’saboss At the
other house, we laid down tile and laminate flooring. All in all, it was an
incredibly enriching sweaty day for all of us.
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| Manny |
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| Dannica and Hayley |
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| Habitat tiling and laminate group |
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| Ahren and Isaac on the tile cutter |
Another crew got to go to the Ransom Café. RJC has never volunteered with this organization before, so it was a new experience for everybody. At the Café, people can come in and eat, but they are encouraged to pay what they can, or what they think their meal is worth. If that is not an option for you then you can pay for your meal through volunteer work. The neighborhood that the Café was located in today is low income with a high crime rate. The church in this area is very involved in the community and has partnered with the Café, which allows for deliveries for those who cannot make it to the kitchen for whatever reason. This doesn’t happen at every location, so we got the unique opportunity to be able to make home deliveries and get to know the neighborhood. Afterwards we ran the Café; taking orders, assembling meals and serving people. Liam was the doyen of the assembly line. On the menu today was a BBQ pork sandwich, BBQ sausage sandwich and a BBQ salad with pork. On the side was your choice of baked beans, corn on the cob, potato salad, or coleslaw. You can wash that down with either sweet tea or water! For dessert: a cookie or a piece of cake provided by the local bakery, The Flour Girls! Yum. We had good conversations with good people and good food. All in all, it was an incredibly enriching meal for all of us.
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| Cheyenne and Dusty serving up meals at the Ransom Cafe. |
A small crew went back to the food bank and returned with
this fun fact: we sorted 12,350 pounds of donated food! Congrats to us, y’all!
All in all, it was an incredibly enriching statistic for all of us.
In conclusion, it was all in all, an incredibly enriching
Tuesday. Got the blog going up (rhythmic pause) on a Tuesday.
Another piece by the poetic pair; Katie Rempel &
Cheyenne Epp
Sorry for the double post today but finding fast internet is difficult. We will try to post once more tomorrow before we leave on Friday !
