Step 2 (Service Project)

Today I decided to start with posting about the service that I've been doing at Bernie's Book Bank. My church goes to Bernie's and the PADS homeless shelters every Wednesday after school for anyone who wants to come. I've been going almost every week since last year and it's a lot of fun. I remember originally going and wondering how it could possibly be fun to just sit and put stickers on books, or sort them, or put them in bags and then boxes, or any of the other things that Greg or Brian will ask us to do. My expectation going into it was that it would be boring and I would just do it because it was the right thing to do, but then I realized that with some of my friends there, it was really just another excuse to hang out during the school week. We talk about all kinds of things because the work there doesn't normally require a whole lot of thinking being devoted to it, and I think that it's cool to see all of the different people who go there to volunteer. I was there today from about 4:30-5:30, and I put stickers on books and packaged them for distribution to the kids and schools that they would be sent to. I didn't get the address or the email or phone number just because I've been going there for so long that I know where it is! I'll add that next week when I can find out, and I'm happy to be doing something that I know helps a lot of kids out.