Another wonderful PV Community Day!  There are 34 volunteers this week, many of whom who do not know each other, so we had fun getting to know each other with PV Bingo.  The goal was to find PVs who matched the description in each square and have them sign it.  The first player to get Bingo got a chocolate bar, yummy! After Bingo we moved into the gym for an intense game of kickball.  We a lot of kids here this week, there was a lot of fun energy for the game.

The afternoon was spent orientating and reorientation the new and newly arrived PVs, sharing dinner together (thanks summer long PVs for preparing!) and finishing the evening off with our traditional commissioning service and job sites. It is strange to think that this is the last community day in the school this year.  The summer has gone so fast…

Another wonderful PV Community Day!  There are 34 volunteers this week, many of whom who do not know each other, so we had fun getting to know each other with PV Bingo.  The goal was to find PVs who matched the description in each square and have them sign it.  The first player to get Bingo got a chocolate bar, yummy! After Bingo we moved into the gym for an intense game of kickball.  We a lot of kids here this week, there was a lot of fun energy for the game.

The afternoon was spent orientating and reorientation the new and newly arrived PVs, sharing dinner together (thanks summer long PVs for preparing!) and finishing the evening off with our traditional commissioning service and job sites. It is strange to think that this is the last community day in the school this year.  The summer has gone so fast…

Another wonderful PV Community Day!  There are 34 volunteers this week, many of whom who do not know each other, so we had fun getting to know each other with PV Bingo.  The goal was to find PVs who matched the description in each square and have them sign it.  The first player to get Bingo got a chocolate bar, yummy! After Bingo we moved into the gym for an intense game of kickball.  We a lot of kids here this week, there was a lot of fun energy for the game.

The afternoon was spent orientating and reorientation the new and newly arrived PVs, sharing dinner together (thanks summer long PVs for preparing!) and finishing the evening off with our traditional commissioning service and job sites. It is strange to think that this is the last community day in the school this year.  The summer has gone so fast…

“Each day is a new canvas to paint upon. Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness, and at the end of the day you don’t look at it and wish you had painted something different.”  Author Unknown


Did God make it Wyoming County?  This was the question posed to us during reflection.  When seeing the devastation of the land and the poverty that we sometimes comes across it can be easy to forget that God is down here.  In case you were wondering, the group unanimously said, yes, God is very evident here.

For this non-home repair Friday, we once again sent a crew to UGWA to continue to help with the stream clean-up.  It is a rather hot and humid day, so the volunteers were only able to stay outside for a short time.  We also continued with the Home Repair classes at St. Vincent DePaul with this week’s classes focusing on changing out faucets and drains in your sink.

Basketball camp concluded with the awards ceremony, with trophies, basketballs and t-shirts for all the campers.  A BIG thank you to Coach “D” for spending another week with us and offering the kids of Wyoming County another wonderful week of basketball camp.

Afternoon activities included tutoring and Glen Rogers Manor.  Tutoring continues to go very well.  The combination of the enthusiastic volunteers and the attentive kids has been marvelous.  Glen Rogers manor also continues to go wonderfully.  We are getting a record number of PVs going and also record numbers of participation of the residents.  All in all, today was a wonderful day.

Tonight’s dinner is a yummy combination of…..fajitas, potatoes and cornbread.

“Each day is a new canvas to paint upon. Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness, and at the end of the day you don’t look at it and wish you had painted something different.”  Author Unknown


Did God make it Wyoming County?  This was the question posed to us during reflection.  When seeing the devastation of the land and the poverty that we sometimes comes across it can be easy to forget that God is down here.  In case you were wondering, the group unanimously said, yes, God is very evident here.

For this non-home repair Friday, we once again sent a crew to UGWA to continue to help with the stream clean-up.  It is a rather hot and humid day, so the volunteers were only able to stay outside for a short time.  We also continued with the Home Repair classes at St. Vincent DePaul with this week’s classes focusing on changing out faucets and drains in your sink.

Basketball camp concluded with the awards ceremony, with trophies, basketballs and t-shirts for all the campers.  A BIG thank you to Coach “D” for spending another week with us and offering the kids of Wyoming County another wonderful week of basketball camp.

Afternoon activities included tutoring and Glen Rogers Manor.  Tutoring continues to go very well.  The combination of the enthusiastic volunteers and the attentive kids has been marvelous.  Glen Rogers manor also continues to go wonderfully.  We are getting a record number of PVs going and also record numbers of participation of the residents.  All in all, today was a wonderful day.

Tonight’s dinner is a yummy combination of…..fajitas, potatoes and cornbread.

“Each day is a new canvas to paint upon. Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness, and at the end of the day you don’t look at it and wish you had painted something different.”  Author Unknown


Did God make it Wyoming County?  This was the question posed to us during reflection.  When seeing the devastation of the land and the poverty that we sometimes comes across it can be easy to forget that God is down here.  In case you were wondering, the group unanimously said, yes, God is very evident here.

For this non-home repair Friday, we once again sent a crew to UGWA to continue to help with the stream clean-up.  It is a rather hot and humid day, so the volunteers were only able to stay outside for a short time.  We also continued with the Home Repair classes at St. Vincent DePaul with this week’s classes focusing on changing out faucets and drains in your sink.

Basketball camp concluded with the awards ceremony, with trophies, basketballs and t-shirts for all the campers.  A BIG thank you to Coach “D” for spending another week with us and offering the kids of Wyoming County another wonderful week of basketball camp.

Afternoon activities included tutoring and Glen Rogers Manor.  Tutoring continues to go very well.  The combination of the enthusiastic volunteers and the attentive kids has been marvelous.  Glen Rogers manor also continues to go wonderfully.  We are getting a record number of PVs going and also record numbers of participation of the residents.  All in all, today was a wonderful day.

Tonight’s dinner is a yummy combination of…..fajitas, potatoes and cornbread.

“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.”  Plato

Since games have played a central role in this week’s community, for reflection we were given a playing card and a scrabble piece and asked to share about the day using the number on the playing card and the letter on the scrabble piece.  A very creative reflection!

A lot of progress was made today at the sites.  In Hanover we 85% of the flooring in now laid!  It is really coming together and looking nice.  The first coat of paint is almost done at the house in Jesse, despite the continuing downpours.  We also started a new roofing site in Glen Rogers for our storyteller friend.  About half of the roof is complete.

Basketball Camp continues to be a wonderful experience for everyone.  The kids are gaining tremendous knowledge each and every day.  Tomorrow will be a sad day when it comes to a end.

For dinner tonight, we will be treated to “poor man’s stew.”  A wonderful, hearty concoction of veggies and meat over rice and/or mashed potatoes.  For desert we are being treated to homemade ice cream.  Yummy.