Service made easy

Martin Luther King Jr Day.  No School.  What to do? 

BYU hosts a community service day every year.  Perfect fun we can feel good about.  After hearing from the first black, female mayor in Utah and one of the BYU football players, 800+ people split to work on all different kinds of projects.  You can read more about it in this article (where we are even mentoned!).  Some people headed out into the community, but there were plenty of projects set up on campus to keep us busy.

We started off making cards for our soldiers serving abroad.  I didn't get any pictures, but Cody made a great American flag and Corbin made "Happy New Year" and "Happy Valentine's Day" cards.  Colton had fun tracing his hand for his "Thank you" cards.  It was a perfect project for any age!  (And as a side note, while we were sitting at this table, I met a family who is moving to Uganda in a few weeks.  I was so excited for them!)

Next, Grandma & Corbin worked on making dress up clothes for the Head Start Preschool. 

They ended up with a very cute tutu, which Corbin was kind enough to model for me.

While they worked on that, the little boys and I headed to a different room to make hand puppets to be sent around the world.  We made a penguin, a tiger, and a piggy.  Cody did a great job! 

Colton did help every now and then, but mostly kept busy with the all-you-can-eat donuts.  :)

We ended in another room where they were working on several other projects for different community groups.  It was a very successful day and we are so glad Grandma Jill was here to go with us! And I got some great ideas for our next summer of service!  We are so grateful for MLK and for this opportunity to serve!