Dec 10, 2012: It snowed two days ago; the first time we've had a real snow fall in the community in almost 300 days. Volunteer work requires that you take advantage of changes like this. It’s new. It’s fresh. It makes Boys & Girls Club kids want to sled. And so we did.
It was 5:00 pm and the typical schedule of the Boys & Girls Club required that we did something academic during that time: completing homework, reading or working on an art project. Instead, we went outside to sled.
I made sure the sledding happened by getting a Boys & Girls Club staff to come with us, by obtaining sleds from the Club closet and by asking a few educational questions before pushing kids down the hill, whooping and laughing.
“What is snow made out of?”
“What is 12 X 5?”
“What is a cumulus cloud?”
In between the questions, M complained about her freezing fingers and I lent her my gloves. S later complained that his ears were freezing and I lent him my hat. Oftentimes, the easiest solution is right in front of you.
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