Community Service

Schools now require students to do community service. We require the same. We want the girls to know that it isn't always about fun and games. Each month we try to get the girls to commit to at least 1 day of community service. There are months when that is very easy and our girls have multiple hours and then there are some where it is very hard. One of our favorite places for community service is the Food Packing plant in the North Philadelphia area of the city. There we work from about 8 am to 12 pm repackaging dry noodles. We would get a giant box of noodles and have to sort it down into 1 pound bags and box it, six pounds per box. Usually there were other youth groups and troops there and it would almost be like a race to see who could empty their skid faster. There were days when it wasn't so fun there. Like salvage days. Believe me it is exactly what it sounds like. That is when there are giant pallets filled with cans donated because they were either dented or misprinted and we would have to go through and determine if the dates were still good. If it was opened and spoiled,Yuck. This was one job we found we didn't like very much because it attracted mice. The food packing plant held good times for us too. There was a year that we actually got to pack holiday boxes for needy families. It made everybody appreciate what they had.