Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
By Sarah Henig, Vanessa, and Kendall On the first full day of service we ate breakfast with our families. Then, we went out to work on the playground at the local school. After a morning of hard work, we took a siesta and had a delicious lunch provided by our family. With the extra...
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By Laila, Nneka, and Crystal We woke up at the crack of dawn, packed up all of our things and ate breakfast with our host families. Our host mom made us sandwiches for the road. We bought some homemade crafts and T-shirts from one of the mothers. We packed up the bus and headed...
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The day started out with the joy of hiking two miles to put our stuff back in the U-Haul. Once we were finished, we cleaned the cabin and prepared for the day’s hike. After three miles we ate lunch in a five star cabin. We hiked farther and had to cross over state lines....
Continue readingToday, Service in Camden traveled to the South Jersey Food Bank to sort, pack, and ship food donated from a variety of sources. Here is what we did today:...
Continue readingThe weather held out today to allow us to spend most of the day out working on the coal forges. Some students finished working on the forks they started on Monday. We also learned how to “upset” the metal to get a thicker section on an end. We returned to school early to be...
Continue readingDay Two We returned to the Harriton House today. Our first task was to help clean up the grounds a little due to all of the branches that came down over the winter. Then we set to work getting the fires started. The groups had more success getting the coal burning today. Our...
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Day Three Annie Today was amazing! We started out our day by visiting a small school after breakfast. We helped paint a playground and also some classrooms. We got to play with some of the local children. We all had an excellent meal of rice, salad, chips and pineapple juice together. When we finished...
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