Yesterday my group (Team Maymont) went to help "Building a Better RPS". Building a Better RPS is an organization where companies and other organizations help beautify the curb appeal of all 44 properties that house Richmond Public Schools. At first we went to Woodville Elementary to help there. Upon arriving we were told that the mulch had been delivered to the back of the school instead of where we needed it, in the front. Since this mission trip is about serving others we were flexible and went to MLK Jr. Middle School to help there with another group. For most of the morning at MLK Jr. Middle we weeded all the flower beds in the front of the school before the mulch was laid down.
After lunch we went to the Sophie House. This is where single women and moms can come to the community center and get the resources that they need to help their families. Half of our group worked outside putting new wood down for the flower beds. The rest of the group worked inside folding and delivering clothes to the clothes closet next door and covering old signs so that they could be used again.
Even though these services were very different we saw how important our work was to not only the people who would receive it but the people running the organizations. It inspired us to keep on serving even after the mission trip was over because just a few miles away there is someone who needs our help here in Richmond.
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