“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.”
Kalu Kalu

We had another crazy day of weather. It was hot and humid right from the morning, peaking around noon with temperatures in the low to mid 90’s. But then tremendous stormed rolled in with 60 mph winds, thunder, lightening and sheets of rain. It took a little over an hour for the storm to roll through and after it passed the temperatures were in the 70’s. There were once again some power outages, luckily for us the school power only went out momentarily, it did however take our the internet for most of the day.

Today we had groups at three different sites throughout the county. A small two person crew went to finish up at the site right up the street from the school. Many PVs worked at the this site both this summer and with our college groups. It has been wonderful working with the family. The two girls are already planning on coming down for the camps at the school.

A group returned to the Itmann school house to continue with renovations to the building. On today’s plans was the installations of a door and a window, framing for a new wall and digging outside to uncover the drainage pipe.

The final group went to St. Vincent DePaul to help with sorting and organizing in the warehouse. It probably sounds like we do this often, but daily there are bags of stuff left on the steps that needs to be gone through. It is an ongoing project….

We were treated to homemade pizza for dinner tonight for dinner, alongside salad and homemade ice cream cake. Yummy, yummy!!

Tonight for reflection were asked to reflect on the idea of service and how it can bring us happiness while we are doing it. Volunteers shared what it is that draws them back to West Virginia each summer and why they return. I was a nice way to reflect on the idea of service.

“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.”
Kalu Kalu

We had another crazy day of weather. It was hot and humid right from the morning, peaking around noon with temperatures in the low to mid 90’s. But then tremendous stormed rolled in with 60 mph winds, thunder, lightening and sheets of rain. It took a little over an hour for the storm to roll through and after it passed the temperatures were in the 70’s. There were once again some power outages, luckily for us the school power only went out momentarily, it did however take our the internet for most of the day.

Today we had groups at three different sites throughout the county. A small two person crew went to finish up at the site right up the street from the school. Many PVs worked at the this site both this summer and with our college groups. It has been wonderful working with the family. The two girls are already planning on coming down for the camps at the school.

A group returned to the Itmann school house to continue with renovations to the building. On today’s plans was the installations of a door and a window, framing for a new wall and digging outside to uncover the drainage pipe.

The final group went to St. Vincent DePaul to help with sorting and organizing in the warehouse. It probably sounds like we do this often, but daily there are bags of stuff left on the steps that needs to be gone through. It is an ongoing project….

We were treated to homemade pizza for dinner tonight for dinner, alongside salad and homemade ice cream cake. Yummy, yummy!!

Tonight for reflection were asked to reflect on the idea of service and how it can bring us happiness while we are doing it. Volunteers shared what it is that draws them back to West Virginia each summer and why they return. I was a nice way to reflect on the idea of service.

“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.”
Kalu Kalu

We had another crazy day of weather. It was hot and humid right from the morning, peaking around noon with temperatures in the low to mid 90’s. But then tremendous stormed rolled in with 60 mph winds, thunder, lightening and sheets of rain. It took a little over an hour for the storm to roll through and after it passed the temperatures were in the 70’s. There were once again some power outages, luckily for us the school power only went out momentarily, it did however take our the internet for most of the day.

Today we had groups at three different sites throughout the county. A small two person crew went to finish up at the site right up the street from the school. Many PVs worked at the this site both this summer and with our college groups. It has been wonderful working with the family. The two girls are already planning on coming down for the camps at the school.

A group returned to the Itmann school house to continue with renovations to the building. On today’s plans was the installations of a door and a window, framing for a new wall and digging outside to uncover the drainage pipe.

The final group went to St. Vincent DePaul to help with sorting and organizing in the warehouse. It probably sounds like we do this often, but daily there are bags of stuff left on the steps that needs to be gone through. It is an ongoing project….

We were treated to homemade pizza for dinner tonight for dinner, alongside salad and homemade ice cream cake. Yummy, yummy!!

Tonight for reflection were asked to reflect on the idea of service and how it can bring us happiness while we are doing it. Volunteers shared what it is that draws them back to West Virginia each summer and why they return. I was a nice way to reflect on the idea of service.

“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”
Peter Drucker

Happy 4th of July! To celebrate the 4th we have gave the day off to the volunteers. Many went to the New River Gorge area for a hike, while others decided to take in a movie.

We hope everyone enjoys their Fourth of July!

“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”
Peter Drucker

Happy 4th of July! To celebrate the 4th we have gave the day off to the volunteers. Many went to the New River Gorge area for a hike, while others decided to take in a movie.

We hope everyone enjoys their Fourth of July!

“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”
Peter Drucker

Happy 4th of July! To celebrate the 4th we have gave the day off to the volunteers. Many went to the New River Gorge area for a hike, while others decided to take in a movie.

We hope everyone enjoys their Fourth of July!

“In separateness lies the world’s great misery, in compassion lies the world’s true strength.”
Buddha

The temperatures continue to hover in the low to mid-90’s, but today was extra humid making work today all that much harder. We had two crews out today. One group returned to the site in Hanover to finish up the tiling, painting and plumbing. They made great progress, but there is still a little left to do.

The other group of PVs went to work on the Itmann school house to continue renovations. Today the group did an amazing job clearing the brush from back of the building, as well as clearing all the limbs that were touching the roof. It was a lot of hard work, but it looks fabulous. The group also was able to open up the shutters on three of the back windows and remove the plywood that was covering the window.  Just those simple things really made a huge difference and let a lot of light into the building.

This evening their were many tired and sore PVs who were grateful for the meal that was prepared for them. Tonight we had macaroni and cheese, ham, green beans, salad and homemade rolls from Daphne. The whole meal absolutely wonderful. The meal was topped of with homemade chocolate chip cookies, with a special large cookie with candles to celebrate Jenny’s birthday. Of course a very out of tune rendition of “Happy Birthday” followed.

Reflection tonight was simple, yet powerful as we reflected on our “new and good” from the day.

“In separateness lies the world’s great misery, in compassion lies the world’s true strength.”
Buddha

The temperatures continue to hover in the low to mid-90’s, but today was extra humid making work today all that much harder. We had two crews out today. One group returned to the site in Hanover to finish up the tiling, painting and plumbing. They made great progress, but there is still a little left to do.

The other group of PVs went to work on the Itmann school house to continue renovations. Today the group did an amazing job clearing the brush from back of the building, as well as clearing all the limbs that were touching the roof. It was a lot of hard work, but it looks fabulous. The group also was able to open up the shutters on three of the back windows and remove the plywood that was covering the window.  Just those simple things really made a huge difference and let a lot of light into the building.

This evening their were many tired and sore PVs who were grateful for the meal that was prepared for them. Tonight we had macaroni and cheese, ham, green beans, salad and homemade rolls from Daphne. The whole meal absolutely wonderful. The meal was topped of with homemade chocolate chip cookies, with a special large cookie with candles to celebrate Jenny’s birthday. Of course a very out of tune rendition of “Happy Birthday” followed.

Reflection tonight was simple, yet powerful as we reflected on our “new and good” from the day.