On Wednesday, March 23, First United Methodist youth participated in a local service project!
Students from middle school AND high school joined together to give the YWCA's Transitional Housing Program a freshly made-over bathroom! We painted it "classic seaside blue," outfitted the bathroom with a new, crisp-white valance, a real potted plant for the window, and a reed-diffuser with the fresh scent of "Garden Rain." :) The Transitional Housing Program serves homeless women and children in the area, so this was such a WONDERFUL way to bless dear friends in need right here in our home town! Students worked SO HARD; I am SO PROUD of them!!!!!
Kudos to Kenzie Adams, Rachael McCroskey, Elisa Dunlap, Riley Jones, Connor Shaffer, Alexa Dunlap, & Jacob Hoverman for your time and energy!!!!
ALSO: This project was even featured in a little blurb on the VW independent (online newspaper!) Click
HERE to see the story!
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| Window shot: BEFORE! |
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| Shower stalls, BEFORE! |
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| After removing the curtains, Kenzie works to tape around the window! |
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| Rachael works to tape around all the little metal fixtures that couldn't be removed! GREAT job on such fine-detail work! |
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| Riley works to tape around metal fixtures by the shower stalls! |
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| Ta-da! What a perfect taping job! Way to go, students! |
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| After six different newspaper panels were taped in, and all around the edges----- the window is DONE! Thumbs up, Riley! :) |
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| Connor: the master painter! That "Classic Seaside Blue" color was SO bright, fresh, and cheery! |
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| Kenzie is going to town on 1 of the 2 doors the students painted! |
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| The window was such a BEAST to paint! But it was definitely no match for Rachael & Riley. :) |
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| Kenzie is still working on the huge door in the background, and Elisa works to paint the metal shower stall doors. |
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| Riley and Alexa are still smiling, all the way into the afternoon! :) |
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| Jacob and Connor were the masters of the roller brushes!! |
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| Way to go, Rachael!!! :) |
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| What a BEAUTIFUL end result! A new reed diffuser and a real, new potted plant!--AND even sweet-smelling treats from Bath & Body Works provided by my very dear Momma! :) |
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| The finished product! Jacob is pumped! (and so were the rest of the students!) :) |
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| The students did SUCH A GREAT JOB! Look at that door!! :) |
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| A closer pic of the new plant, reed diffuser, and Bath & Body treats! :) |
