Giving Back to the Community!

Newburgh Ministry!

On Friday, I volunteered at the Newburgh Ministry for MSMC's Project Jumpstart. I was a bit nervous about the area at first. I felt fairly uncomfortable getting out of my car and walking in there by myself. The next time I go, I am signed up to go with people from my group so I should feel a bit more comfortable. Aside from arriving, the rest of the night was a lot of fun. When I first got there, the kids were coloring and doing crossword puzzles. I sat down with the kids that were there and helped a little girl who was 4 years old color in one of the pages. Once everyone one arrived, Miss Veronica brought the kids over to do some yoga to get them ready for the night. I followed along with the yoga and it was fun. After that, each student got an iPad and was able to research different thing they could find in the ocean. The wifi wasn't working right so I help the kids sign onto the hotspot on my phone. I helped the little boy in the picture above find some videos on the ocean because he said that he learns better with videos. Once the students found a good amount of things in the ocean, they got to paint a mural of the ocean with all of those sea creatures. The kids then got snacks and Miss Veronica read them a book about the ocean biome. It was a lot of fun to get to work with this group of lively kids and I can't wait to go back again. The program is run very well and I am very impressed with all of the supplies the Mount was able to buy through the grant. The group of kids at the armory are all very bright and have great futures ahead of them!