Saturday, October 18, 2014

Day 3

Today our team volunteered at Holly Hill. At this site we engaged in more indirect service and helped with the landscaping at the facility. Initially we picked weeds and trimmed the bushes surrounding the buildings. After working with children directly at other sites, it was nice to work on "another" side of the service perspective.  We did not interact with the girls at the facility, but we helped the very few volunteers who are able to work there. We later picked up walnuts and spread mulch in a garden; it was amazing how our team has developed and bonded. We all not only enjoyed the service, but we also enjoyed each other's company as well. While accomplishing all our tasks, we also made many memories.  This site illustrated how there are many ways to help serve and not just the direct volunteering that many people think of initially.
- Nick Campbell from Cincinnati's Child
 Despite the fact that Katie is not allowed to use power tools at home, she does an amazing job at trimming hedges for Holly Hill.
V-O-L-S!

After a long and windy day of service at Holly Hill, we came back and got cleaned up for our night out in Cincinnati! We ate at Venice on the Vine, an amazing pizza place that was able to connect with our goals for service. The restaurant is supported by a program that provides work for members of the community that have substantial obstacles to employment. All the waiters and servers were previously unemployed due to various circumstances, but the non-profit works directly with those individuals to create successful jobs. We were also able to meet some student leaders from Xavier University who also participate in service trips there!
We then walked around downtown Cincinnati, and saw the beautiful murals and architecture! My personal favorite: Bretzals. It was a fancy pretzel shop where I got a fresh cinnamon pretzel and had cinnamon honey butter! The city had a great energy and was completely different than many of us experienced. We loved Cincinnati but we're excited to be at Rocky Top tomorrow!
- Danny from Cincinnati's Child
This building displayed a really cool 3-D image

One of many decorated pigs around downtown Cincinnati, "Where Pigs Fly."

This building was adjacent to the downtown park and had a constantly changing rainbow display at the top.

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