Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
On Friday morning the baseball team traveled south, leaving the snow behind and heading for warmer weather in Myrtle Beach. We are looking forward to a great week of service and baseball, and are eager to take advantage of the incredible facilities at the Cal Ripken Experience here in Myrtle Beach. The baseball fields...
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After a productive practice, the team loaded up the bus with all the gear and headed to the fields for our first game. We secured a 3-0 victory over a tough opponent from Vermont, on the strength of an efficient, complete game performance on the mound by Mitchell Mullock. We received contributions from both our...
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We arrived last night. After a quick stop for dinner at our favorite In and Out Burger it was check-in time at the hotel. We settled in and quickly found out the pool location. Today we head to Meeting for Worship with our friends at the Tempe Meeting, followed by an afternoon of service....
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After an aspiring service-themed assembly yesterday, we are ready to participate in the South Jersey Service Intensive Learning program. Here’s the most up-to-date itinerary: Friday, 3/20: We will be headed to the Perkins Center for the Arts right in Moorestown to help the Arts center prepare their garden beds for spring, help them build...
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This morning we sat outside at the foot of a volcanic escarpment and wrote about the journey we have taken together over the last week. Here are some excerpts: The following day was probably my favorite. This day we hiked down 800 feet to the bottom of the Rio Grande Gorge. That was one...
Continue readingToday, in our fifth day of Habitat for Humanity, we went to the Perkins Center of the Arts and helped them build raised planting beds for their garden. We built the frames out of 2 by 8s and filled them using dirt from a large pile that the Perkins Center had delivered last Friday....
Continue readingToday, we spent our second day at the South Jersey Food Bank. Everyone definitely earned their service hours today. Here’s how: The make-up crew is proud of all the kits they put together for Mother’s Day....
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By Sarah Henig, Vanessa, and Kendall On the first full day of service we ate breakfast with our families. Then, we went out to work on the playground at the local school. After a morning of hard work, we took a siesta and had a delicious lunch provided by our family. With the extra...
Continue readingHere are some pictures. More pics and video to come when we can find a stronger Internet signal....
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By Laila, Nneka, and Crystal We woke up at the crack of dawn, packed up all of our things and ate breakfast with our host families. Our host mom made us sandwiches for the road. We bought some homemade crafts and T-shirts from one of the mothers. We packed up the bus and headed...
Continue readingToday, Service in Camden traveled to the South Jersey Food Bank to sort, pack, and ship food donated from a variety of sources. Here is what we did today:...
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Today, the Service in Camden group went back to The Neighborhood Center to finish some projects and begin some new ones. We pulled roots out of garden beds, created garden beds, scrubbed some chairs for kids to use, cleaned chairs and tables for neighbors to eat from, organized books to be ready to go...
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Day Three We first went to the Black Run Preserve, which is right next to Marlton, yet most people don’t know about it. We met with John Volpa, who heads the group chiefly involved with the area. He was our guide and teacher for the day. The Black Run is part of an old...
Continue readingDay Three Today was a really busy day! We helped the Restore at Habitat for Humanity move the rest of their furniture by loading trucks and putting porcelain products on palettes. We did a lot of heavy lifting. Loading the trucks was like playing Tetris – it took a lot of thinking to get...
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After breakfast we took at bus trip to southwest Beijing to the Bethel Foundation. This is a place for blind and visually impaired children ages 2-8. While there we cleaned buckets, raked and picked up tree clippings, washed play equipment, and cleaned the pool. We also got to meet some of the children when...
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