A Great Experience for Mary - Louisville
The first week of ASB 2007 has come to an end. It was pretty sad saying goodbye to all my team members last night and this morning. I was the van driver for crew to the airport and on my drive up while others talked, laughed and slept, I reflected on the week. I can now say, I am old enough to be many of their mother and maybe even grandmother. But, I fit right in most of the time, and was able to keep up with their enthusiasm and stamina.
The Morning Star Baptist Church looked pretty good when we closed the door and said goodbye to the neighbors who had become our friends. We know on one day we put up 45 sheets of drywall, so multiply that by five days - that's a heck of a lot of drywall, nails, tape, and mud. But we had fun. Great friendships were made or strengthened.
We thank Sunny and Rev. Jackie, and the community of Deridder for making us feel so welcome.
We loved the Dairy Queen treats and the Sno Cones. The Pizza Hut buffett was a good lunch as well.
We'll remember Holly Beach and the the kick boards, and the swimmers on our team, Keith, Kathy Ellen and Jake.
As everyone is heading home, Tiffany and I are sad that we didn't leave with everyone today, as we keep expecting to see you in the halls, or in the cafeteria. All new faces, and set up. Now there are the state of the art laptops. I took a picture and will put it on face book, whenever, I get it set up.
Sorry to my readers, that I never got the pictures on, maybe next week.
I would like to finish by saying, this has been a wonderful experience and something I am going to recommend to other members of the Metro United Way staff to become team leader or team member next year.
Hat's off to the United Way of Southwest Louisianna for stepping forward and welcoming us this week and giving us various lifetime experiences and friendships. I know as we all head home we are much more appreciative of what we have in respect to what your community has lost and suffered. Cheers to Kathy and her incredible team, and Calvin you were unbelievable with those toilets.
Bravo to United Way of America, to develop a good program to engage young people in the mission of United Way. How better to get young people, leaders and donors knowledgible about our business then emerse them in many volunteer experiences.
Thanks to all.
Mary
The Morning Star Baptist Church looked pretty good when we closed the door and said goodbye to the neighbors who had become our friends. We know on one day we put up 45 sheets of drywall, so multiply that by five days - that's a heck of a lot of drywall, nails, tape, and mud. But we had fun. Great friendships were made or strengthened.
We thank Sunny and Rev. Jackie, and the community of Deridder for making us feel so welcome.
We loved the Dairy Queen treats and the Sno Cones. The Pizza Hut buffett was a good lunch as well.
We'll remember Holly Beach and the the kick boards, and the swimmers on our team, Keith, Kathy Ellen and Jake.
As everyone is heading home, Tiffany and I are sad that we didn't leave with everyone today, as we keep expecting to see you in the halls, or in the cafeteria. All new faces, and set up. Now there are the state of the art laptops. I took a picture and will put it on face book, whenever, I get it set up.
Sorry to my readers, that I never got the pictures on, maybe next week.
I would like to finish by saying, this has been a wonderful experience and something I am going to recommend to other members of the Metro United Way staff to become team leader or team member next year.
Hat's off to the United Way of Southwest Louisianna for stepping forward and welcoming us this week and giving us various lifetime experiences and friendships. I know as we all head home we are much more appreciative of what we have in respect to what your community has lost and suffered. Cheers to Kathy and her incredible team, and Calvin you were unbelievable with those toilets.
Bravo to United Way of America, to develop a good program to engage young people in the mission of United Way. How better to get young people, leaders and donors knowledgible about our business then emerse them in many volunteer experiences.
Thanks to all.
Mary
