Best Service Day EVER

Today was Servapalooza, a huge day-long service event with Timberland. Timberland employees do service all over the world, so that for 24 hours the sun never sets on Timberland service. Yesterday my team went to Seabrook Middle School, where we're doing our in-school service, to prep the site for the service today. Sara, Taylor and I sketched a beach themed mural on a huge concrete planting area outside the front of the school. It was about 3 feet tall, and 20 feet long. Taylor made the design using different elements from 8 different student drawings. We also sorted a bunch of tools yesterday for other projects at the school, including something called a phonics garden (I haven't seen this yet, so I'm not exactly sure what it is) and a bunch of stuff for building picnic tables.

Today was the actual event, with gazillions of Timberland employees on busses going all over the place to service sites. We painted the mural at Seabrook with help from the students whose elements we were using, some PTA volunteers, and Timberland employees. The mural turned out GREAT. I got really sunburned again, even though I stole Sara's hat. We got pretty loopy at the end, and wound up with a white whale on one end of the mural, while a sunburned guy reads Moby Dick on the other end. Nevertheless, the mural looks great, and I'll get to see it every day on my way into school. So even on my worst days, at least I can enjoy our beautiful whale. I don't have any pictures right now, because my camera batteries died, but I will definitely post pictures soon.

After the service part was finished, we went back to Stratham for the Palooza party. I worked in the Arts and Crafts tent, taught kids to make yarn stars, and started crocheting a scarf when I didn't have any kids around. We even managed to get out of clean up duty, so I got home "early" after only about 12 or so hours of work.... I think I'll go finish my scarf to end my amazing day. :)