Wednesday, March 20, 2013

March 20th


ASB South Carolina 2013: Wednesday Blog Entry 

14 alarms went off on Wednesday morning as the ASB South Carolina girls groggily woke up for their third day of service. They were excited for today; they would be making crafts and using their imaginations to entertain young kids with homemade toys and games.

They arrived at the site, a mere ten minutes from where they were staying, and unpacked the pipe cleaners, pom poms, and gluesticks for the day. Excitement grew as the craft templates were passed around. Ooh and Ahhs emanated from around the table as girls created elaborate crafts with simple toilet paper tubes and construction paper. An announcement punctuated the chatter: the children would not be joining everyone in the craft making.

Although the girls were looking forward to working with the kids, they were still happy that they got to create crafts for the kids to receive. Many imagined the faces of the kids when they spot a paper butterfly or cardboard dinosaur. Work on the crafts continued. A huge jeopardy board came into existence as girls pasted colored squares and letters onto a large board.

Hours went by and the tables filled up with crafts. The program coordinators came around and learned how to make the different crafts and helped out. They showered the girls with praise for all their help , but in reality, the girls were more than thankful for the opportunity!

Mala Narasimhan

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