First Field Trip

The club had it's first field trip this last saturday. We went to the Cathedral of Joy's Clothing Ministry. The kids got to meet with a volunteer there and learn about what the clothing ministry does for the community.

The clothing ministry collects donated childrens clothing and distributes it to any child in need. They currently are a supplier for Child Protective Services, supplying emergency clothing to children removed from unhappy homes... The kids just learned that there are children in the community that need clothing and that the clothing ministry helps to solve that problem.

We went over some very BASIC steps in service projects:

See a problem
Brainstorm, think about the what NEEDS to be done and talk about what we CAN do.
Act! Do something to help make things better.

Each of the kids got a paper sack to decorate. They drew pictures about helping people on the bags. They are taking the bags home to collect clothing for the Childrens Ministry. (It's our first step to learning how to help) It's easy for the kids to collect clothing they've grown out of and since they have to "give up" possessions to help others it will help the kids feel connected to the project.



This project was specifically for the StarFlight kids, but because it is such a basic project we let the LittleStars come help. It was over most of their heads, but if we keep going over the steps the hope is that one day it'll all click.