Yesterday, MCC-Blue River joined thousands across the nation to celebrate the MLK holiday with service.A group of students, staff and faculty joined Blue River’s Campus Life & Leadership Coordinator, Amy Slater, in volunteering at the Rainbow Center, Hillcrest Transitional Housing, and the Community Service League in Eastern Jackson County.
During the Blue River Inservice, Amy reported that the team did everything from placing clothing on hangers to shoveling snow.
Panera Bread and Lamar’s donuts supported the volunteers with kind donations of food and refreshments.
The Examiner covered the team’s efforts in yesterday's edition . Read the article here.
“Retirees also joined in” joked Blue River’s Barb Schaefer during Inservice. She and a group of volunteers created fleece blankets and donated them to Children’s Mercy Hospital as their act of service. They created 21blankets and Schaefer went on to praise their generosity as well as those that supplied materials.
MCC-Blue River retirees were joined by current Blue River employees to create 21 fleece blankets, not ten!! Our thanks to our hostess, Leah Shelton, retired Special Needs Counselor. Not only did we provide a service, but we had a great time.
ReplyDeleteThe error has been corrected. Thank you Barbara for the information.
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