Last week all four of us met with a representative from Boys and Girls Town, and we expect to receive the "all clear" from them sometime later this week. The meeting went very well, as we discussed some very exciting opportunities. Important to mention would be that though we have been thinking and preparing to mostly interact with the the kids in the 8-12 year old group, or Musgrove Cottage, we will probably be switching to the 13-16 year old group, or Jones Cottage, at the suggestion of the representative. This is not set in stone, but it was mentioned that the kids in Jones Cottage do not normally receive as much attention as the younger kids in Musgrove Cottage, which does make us lean towards wanting to work with Jones Cottage kids. An exciting opportunity that was mentioned in the meeting was to bring the kids on a field trip to Drury and attend a regular season Basketball Game! We will definitely be in contact with the O'Reilly Family Event Center in the near future to discuss the possibility of getting some tickets for the children. Getting pretty excited about receiving the green light to begin working with the kids! I expect to continue gaining experience in activities relating to community service, which I enjoy doing back home in Guatemala, but have never done abroad. My sister lived in Summit Park last year and seeing how nice each house is and hearing about the service-learning projects, I felt as if this was an experience that I would like to have in my second year at Drury.
- Pedro Rivera
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