After a well rested night of sleep, we all awoke to make breakfast, preparing for the day of service ahead. We packed into our trusty white van and set off on our journey to Angel’s closet. However, our GPS instead took us to a storefront next to McDonald’s, followed by another random site. After forty minutes of driving around following multiple addresses for this one location, we finally reached our intended destination (only to find out it was 4 minutes away from our house!).
After this, we took some time to make cards for Ms. Hine for her generosity in allowing us to stay at her new house, Mr. Muma for organizing 5 days of service for us and feeding us one night for dinner, and Kristina because it was her birthday! With construction paper, markers, and glitter paper, we all constructed cards, some more elaborate than others. We came up with the idea of placing the cards for Kristina behind her mattress, so when she set it down to go to sleep that night, she would find them as a surprise. Unfortunately, after she returned from grocery shopping, she noticed a piece of paper sticking out and, thinking it was a scrap piece of paper, picked it up. Realizing it was supposed to be a surprise for her, she quickly put it back and “pretended” she hadn’t seen it.
Angel's Closet provides household items, clothing and shoes, and food, along with scholarships and school supplies for families in need in the Gaston and Roanoke Rapids area. Angel's Closet is completely run by volunteers, meaning none of the staff is paid. Being able to join the group of individuals that volunteer for this wonderful program was incredible. We were broken into multiple different groups within the facility; we began helping them sort through and organize their inventory which ranged from toys, shoes, kitchen materials, linens, etc. We were also joined by Ms. Hine, the same person who was amazing enough to allow us to stay in her house during our entire experience! It was definitely great to be able to complete a day of service not only with all of our team but one of the teachers at KIPP! The people who work at the Angel's Closet were the sweetest people; Kim, Melanie, and Vinnie took us in with open arms, even when we were 40ish minutes late for the service. We even managed to get a picture with Kim! (See below)
At Reflection we played Flash, where you ask a person a bunch of random questions and they have to answer within a short period of time (we chose 30 seconds). It was really fun to be able to get to know everyone a little better and see them react to the pressure of having to answer questions really fast. We then reflected on our service at Angel's Closet, and then we finally ended on an activity about all of our identities. This reflection was all about getting to know and understand each other on a more personal level, which was a great way to end our fourth reflection here in Gaston!
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