Monday, October 26, 2009

A Weekend Volunteering with Habitat for Humanity

The Generals volunteered with Habitat for Humanity this weekend in Lexington. Here's a reflection of the weekend's activities from the First-Years: This past Saturday, the lacrosse team split into two groups to spend some time doing community service in Lexington. The first group helped out Habitat for Humanity by building a wheelchair ramp together.
We learned a lot about teamwork as we helped each other out to complete our task. It was a really good experience for us as a team to be able to work together in something other than lacrosse and off the field.
The second group went to Habitat for Humanity Restore. The Restore takes donated construction items and sells them in order to raise funds for Habitat projects. It was a great team-bonding experience and we enjoyed learning about The Restore and doing the tasks they gave us together. We had lots of fun loading trucks, sweeping the store, and perusing the Book Nook.
It was good knowing we were able to better someone's life, while still being able to enjoying each other's company and learn how to cooperate with one another in order to be successful. We definitely learned valuable things that will definitely help to make us a more successful team on and off the field!