On Saturday, February 6th, 17 members of Student
Council drove north to the Anthem area to help Habitat for Humanity get their
new Re-Store ready. We worked with
Habitat staff and other volunteers to unload Mobile Mini storage units full of
donations to the store, then cleaned them, and then placed them on the store
floor, ready to buy once the store opens in April. The manager of the store was so impressed by
the hard work and enthusiasm of our Greenway students that he gathered all of
us together a couple of times during the morning to express his gratitude for
our help. He also wrote an email saying,
“I want you all to know helping this weekend was one of the first, and
most important steps in the process of raising real dollars, to help real
people, who are in need of real homes… As you go through your day, know you
have made someone's life better with your willingness to help, your hard work
and intelligence, and the character it takes to do so. I am proud of you
all and I know Ms. Stockwell is as well.”
After four solid hours of work, we celebrated with pizza donated by one
of Habitat’s other volunteers, and then our Student Council ended the morning
by taking ourselves out for ice cream!
Many of Greenway’s Student Council are taking a closer look at
volunteering again for Habitat after such a fantastic experience; they
definitely learned that leadership IS service.
