Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Today the Habitat for Humanity group ventured into the depths of the woods and shore that surround the Delaware River. We collected lots of empty bottles, Styrofoam cups, miscellaneous trash that had washed ashore, and even a rubber duck! We all had a blast and can’t wait to travel on the ship of fun...
Continue readingOur IL group spent the day getting familiar with the basics of sewing – patterns, pins, and sewing machines. We started our day off with the initial stages of bib-making. This included cutting the pattern and sewing our first stitches around the neck. After a quick snack, we dove right into sewing the rim around...
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These kids are working hard. We are so proud of them....
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In the morning after breakfast, we once again divided into work groups after a short meeting for worship. Work on the mural continued and it’s coming along nicely. We made more delicious bread, made more arts and crafts, and worked more on the garden. After some classic frisbee and lunch, we headed out to...
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It was great to finally get a chance to see our group together. Fun facts: 50% of us chose blue as our favorite color, and the most popular favorite food was ice cream (5 out of 16 votes). After introductions, we watched a slide show to learn a bit more about the Bayshore Center...
Continue readingDay Five-and-a-half We started the morning with Cole’s pancakes. We completed and fixed up the rockets from the first grade classes. We spent the last hour of the day with the first graders helping them to launch their rockets. The week went wonderfully. Thank you to all of the students for their positive, can-do...
Continue readingDay Five We spent our last day at the Harriton House completing projects. Some students finished turning wooden handles for their work while others finished bracelets, canes, etc. Justin Brandon joined us for part of the morning and tried his hand at making a hook. When we returned to MFS for sports, we helped...
Continue readingToday was the last day of our Intensive Learning experience at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Today we put the finishing touches on helping them move to their new location. We demolished some walls, shredded (again), removed letters from a door and did some final packing. While this was going on, there was a...
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Today was our last day in Bivalve, so we were busy at work finishing projects. The AJ Meerwald went for a sail in the morning with the coastguards. We couldn’t go, so we stayed on the docks. Some people painted a part of the wood (the centerboard) from the ship while on the dock....
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....
Continue readingLast Day We started the day with very cold weather (62 degrees) – what a chill in the air! Off to practice at 9:00 AM. Practice went very well. We continue to get better with each workout. Spending two and half hours in this chilly weather does take a toll but we all worked...
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Today was a fun yet wintery day. When we got to the Bayshore Center at Bivalve, we immediately went to the boat. There was snow on the deck, so Kiera, Harvey, and Ian shoveled it off. While they shoveled, Mrs. Van Meter, Caroline, Kelcie, Natalie, and Aparna cleaned the living quarters under the deck....
Continue readingDay Four Today we got to the Harriton House and split between working indoors on wood turning and outdoors doing more with blacksmithing. We got the fires up and running as quickly as possible. As long as you were near the fire it wasn’t too cold. The group inside made bowls and fork handles....
Continue readingAt the Burlington quilt shop we finished our large quilts by adding bedding onto them. We used a giant machine to make seams all over the quilts and to make designs and doodles on the quilt squares. After that we made personalized logos along with our names, the date, and title of our quilts...
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