Thursday, January 21, 2016

Volunteer Spotlight: UCONN

In mid-January we had the opportunity and privilege to host a group of 54 students from the University of Connecticut! This group was in Birmingham for a week-long "Alternative Winter Break" trip and volunteered their time with four local ministries during their stay. We were fortunate enough to have them for two of their five days here in town and they were very helpful in the gardens, the food ministry and in helping us to organize donations in the warehouse.

On top of all of the work they did with us, we were also able to squeeze in a couple of "Warehouse Scavenger Hunts" and a game or two of hide-n-seek! No one can ever accuse the CSM staff or the students from UCONN of being the "all work and no play" type! We had a great time serving together with this wonderful group from Connecticut and hope to have them, and many other groups like them, back to the warehouse in the near future! Thanks Huskies!