“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” Sir Winston Churchill

As you can imagine with moving out of the school, Friday was a really busy day. We broke up into teams to either clean, pack up or drive and move all of the PV possessions from Hanover to our house in Pineville. With teamwork and a coordinated effort, everything that we weren’t still using (ie. air mattresses, food, etc.)was at the house and put away by 1:00 and the cleaners were done by noon. Having done the clean up with only 2 people before, this was an amazing effort the is MUCH appreciated.

After all the moving was done, some volunteers headed out to Glen Rogers manor for an afternoon of Banana Bingo and fingernail painting and what also turned out to be an afternoon of singing and playing the piano. What a great afternoon.

Also in the afternoon, some volunteers went on much appreciated visits to some of the people we have met over the years.

For dinner tonight we had pizza, since all of our dishes were packed. Although not a lot of food, it was appreciated after a hard days work.

Reflection tonight was a chance to close the chapter of this years summer program at Huff Consolidated. We reflected on how easy people can fall through the cracks, but how important it is to talk with each other and share our experiences. We all shared how we were changed, or how our world has changed because of our experiences this summer. It was a very poignant ending to this chapter…. onward to the house in Pineville for our last week in Wyoming County before moving on up to Bedford Stuyvesant.

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” Sir Winston Churchill

As you can imagine with moving out of the school, Friday was a really busy day. We broke up into teams to either clean, pack up or drive and move all of the PV possessions from Hanover to our house in Pineville. With teamwork and a coordinated effort, everything that we weren’t still using (ie. air mattresses, food, etc.)was at the house and put away by 1:00 and the cleaners were done by noon. Having done the clean up with only 2 people before, this was an amazing effort the is MUCH appreciated.

After all the moving was done, some volunteers headed out to Glen Rogers manor for an afternoon of Banana Bingo and fingernail painting and what also turned out to be an afternoon of singing and playing the piano. What a great afternoon.

Also in the afternoon, some volunteers went on much appreciated visits to some of the people we have met over the years.

For dinner tonight we had pizza, since all of our dishes were packed. Although not a lot of food, it was appreciated after a hard days work.

Reflection tonight was a chance to close the chapter of this years summer program at Huff Consolidated. We reflected on how easy people can fall through the cracks, but how important it is to talk with each other and share our experiences. We all shared how we were changed, or how our world has changed because of our experiences this summer. It was a very poignant ending to this chapter…. onward to the house in Pineville for our last week in Wyoming County before moving on up to Bedford Stuyvesant.

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” Sir Winston Churchill

As you can imagine with moving out of the school, Friday was a really busy day. We broke up into teams to either clean, pack up or drive and move all of the PV possessions from Hanover to our house in Pineville. With teamwork and a coordinated effort, everything that we weren’t still using (ie. air mattresses, food, etc.)was at the house and put away by 1:00 and the cleaners were done by noon. Having done the clean up with only 2 people before, this was an amazing effort the is MUCH appreciated.

After all the moving was done, some volunteers headed out to Glen Rogers manor for an afternoon of Banana Bingo and fingernail painting and what also turned out to be an afternoon of singing and playing the piano. What a great afternoon.

Also in the afternoon, some volunteers went on much appreciated visits to some of the people we have met over the years.

For dinner tonight we had pizza, since all of our dishes were packed. Although not a lot of food, it was appreciated after a hard days work.

Reflection tonight was a chance to close the chapter of this years summer program at Huff Consolidated. We reflected on how easy people can fall through the cracks, but how important it is to talk with each other and share our experiences. We all shared how we were changed, or how our world has changed because of our experiences this summer. It was a very poignant ending to this chapter…. onward to the house in Pineville for our last week in Wyoming County before moving on up to Bedford Stuyvesant.

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Howard Thurman

Another hot day awaited us on our last home repair day of the week. Today we had five different home repair sites going on at the same time. We finished the flooring/linoleum site, so the home owner can now return home after a year of being out of her house from the flooding. We were also able to finish up the ramp and powerwashing that we began yesterday for a woman in Brenton. Work continued, and will continue next week on the bathroom site and the site where we are replacing drywall four feet up throughout due to flooding. The last site was helping a man put down some hardwood flooring in his house, also damaged by the flood.

Tonight was our last night of using the kitchen, as we will be packing up everything tomorrow. Dinner was a delicious use of many of the items in the kitchen. We had spaghetti, bread and salad; and a delicious caprese, with tomatoes brought down from Jersey. We were treated to two desserts, brownies and zucchini bars made from zucchini that was brought down earlier in the summer from a volunteer’s garden.

Reflection tonight focused on nourishment, how we nourish each other and other nourish us, both literally and figuratively.

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Howard Thurman

Another hot day awaited us on our last home repair day of the week. Today we had five different home repair sites going on at the same time. We finished the flooring/linoleum site, so the home owner can now return home after a year of being out of her house from the flooding. We were also able to finish up the ramp and powerwashing that we began yesterday for a woman in Brenton. Work continued, and will continue next week on the bathroom site and the site where we are replacing drywall four feet up throughout due to flooding. The last site was helping a man put down some hardwood flooring in his house, also damaged by the flood.

Tonight was our last night of using the kitchen, as we will be packing up everything tomorrow. Dinner was a delicious use of many of the items in the kitchen. We had spaghetti, bread and salad; and a delicious caprese, with tomatoes brought down from Jersey. We were treated to two desserts, brownies and zucchini bars made from zucchini that was brought down earlier in the summer from a volunteer’s garden.

Reflection tonight focused on nourishment, how we nourish each other and other nourish us, both literally and figuratively.

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Howard Thurman

Another hot day awaited us on our last home repair day of the week. Today we had five different home repair sites going on at the same time. We finished the flooring/linoleum site, so the home owner can now return home after a year of being out of her house from the flooding. We were also able to finish up the ramp and powerwashing that we began yesterday for a woman in Brenton. Work continued, and will continue next week on the bathroom site and the site where we are replacing drywall four feet up throughout due to flooding. The last site was helping a man put down some hardwood flooring in his house, also damaged by the flood.

Tonight was our last night of using the kitchen, as we will be packing up everything tomorrow. Dinner was a delicious use of many of the items in the kitchen. We had spaghetti, bread and salad; and a delicious caprese, with tomatoes brought down from Jersey. We were treated to two desserts, brownies and zucchini bars made from zucchini that was brought down earlier in the summer from a volunteer’s garden.

Reflection tonight focused on nourishment, how we nourish each other and other nourish us, both literally and figuratively.

“The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.” Helen Keller

Hot and humid seems to be the trend of the summer…Today we had the five home repair sites from yesterday carrying over as well as adding a new one. The ramp site and the porch roof site but were completed today, yay!!! A lot of progress was made at the flooring site. The big room has all of it’s linoleum down and the back bedroom is ready for tomorrow. At the bathroom room site, we are ready for all the fixtures to be put in place, so that should be pretty close to being done by the end of the day. The drywalling site continues moving along well. This is a site that we won’t be able to complete, but plan on doing as much as possible for the family before we leave for the summer.

The new site today was down in Brenton for an elderly lady who needed a small ramp to help her get out of her house as well as needing her whole house power-washed. When we stopped by the site in the evening to pick up some supplies, the house looked shiny and bright where the power-washing had been completed. The ramp frame was all built, just waiting for the deck boards, great progress was made.

Tonight for dinner we enjoyed a breakfast feast, pancakes, eggs, bacon and sausage. Yum, yum, yum. After reflection we had cupcakes as our dessert.

Reflection this evening focused on traits that we all as PV Volunteers share in common. We passed around a poster with a hand traced on it and everyone’s names and were asked to add our trait to the poster and share with the group the word and why we chose that word.

“The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.” Helen Keller

Hot and humid seems to be the trend of the summer…Today we had the five home repair sites from yesterday carrying over as well as adding a new one. The ramp site and the porch roof site but were completed today, yay!!! A lot of progress was made at the flooring site. The big room has all of it’s linoleum down and the back bedroom is ready for tomorrow. At the bathroom room site, we are ready for all the fixtures to be put in place, so that should be pretty close to being done by the end of the day. The drywalling site continues moving along well. This is a site that we won’t be able to complete, but plan on doing as much as possible for the family before we leave for the summer.

The new site today was down in Brenton for an elderly lady who needed a small ramp to help her get out of her house as well as needing her whole house power-washed. When we stopped by the site in the evening to pick up some supplies, the house looked shiny and bright where the power-washing had been completed. The ramp frame was all built, just waiting for the deck boards, great progress was made.

Tonight for dinner we enjoyed a breakfast feast, pancakes, eggs, bacon and sausage. Yum, yum, yum. After reflection we had cupcakes as our dessert.

Reflection this evening focused on traits that we all as PV Volunteers share in common. We passed around a poster with a hand traced on it and everyone’s names and were asked to add our trait to the poster and share with the group the word and why we chose that word.