Hello everyone! Today was a very successful day.
We started our Community Action Project (CAP) today at the children’s center Barriletes. Barriletes is a great, safe place for children to go, but they have many needs and not enough money or resources to satisfy all of them. Our group felt very passionate about helping them with as many things as we could. We only had 2.5 days, some donated resources from the community, and the amount of money that we donated to the project, but all of us had such a strong desire to do as much as we could despite the odds. We decided on three major projects to undertake: painting murals for both educational and aesthetic purposes, building a water fountain, and fixing a hazardous hole in the play area. For the first part of the day, we split into two groups- one to buy the painting supplies and one to buy the construction supplies. I was in the group buying the construction supplies, and got to take a cool ride back to the hostel once we were finished. A big reason as to why today was so successful was because we saved a ton of money! Parents of the Barriletes’ children donated more than we expected, so we have extra money to buy Barriletes a new ladder- a need that we thought we wouldn’t be able to fill because of our budget. After lunch, we headed to Barriletes and got straight to work. The first thing we experienced upon arrival was a bunch of the cutest children swarming us and giving us all hugs. Personally, I had been feeling pretty tired and this one little girl brought my whole mood up. I was in a group that was breaking concrete and digging a trench to make space for a new pipe. I broke the concrete because everyone jokes around about me being really strong. We finished this in about 40 minutes, and the boys working on the hole got way further than they expected to. Every group surpassed the goals they had set for today’s amount of work. Since I was the leader, I was walking around and checking in on every group. Everyone was working so hard and was so concentrated on their task at hand. It was really awesome to see our ideas turn into action, and even get more results than we would have imagined. Now that we know our capabilities, everyone is excited to see how great these projects will turn out. I hope that our hard work will leave a lasting impact on Barriletes.
Awesome stuff Clo x
Very proud of you, Chloe.
It’s amazing to see how much you can all do in such little time! I’m extremely proud of all of you! Barriletes will definitely treasure all of your hard work. Make sure to take lot’s of pictures. Moments like this need to be captured and cherished forever!
Marisol – Make sure to take every moment in. This is a lifetime opportunity that only a few get to be a part of. You and your friends/partners from GG are extremely fortunate to be a part of this awesome experience!
Keep up the great work!
We love and miss you Marisol – Can’t wait to have you back 🙂
Love – Mom
How cool to see your ideas turn into action! Can’t wait to see your finished project!
It’s good to see the CAP is off to a great start. So proud of you all for being so well organized that the result was beyond expectation for Day 1. The children at Barriletes Center will appreciate all your hard works for years to come. Keep up the good work everyone and get plenty of rest for the hard days ahead.
We are so proud of you Cassie.
XOXO-Mom
It is wonderfully amazing what a small motivated group can accomplish when working together. We are all so proud of you. What you all are doing will having lasting benefits.
Nathaniel you are very missed here but so happy you are an amazing experience. For some sport news UCSB beat Miami 5-3 to stay alive in the college world series. See you Sunday!!!
Dad
Nice work, all of you!
Nora, maybe you can help dad with some home improvement projects this summer, now that you have experience?
Xoxo,,
Mom
Hi Nathaniel!
It looks like you all had a wonderfully, productive day!
Seeing the kids who are cared for there must make it all worthwhile!
Great job!
I’m proud of you!
Love,
Aunt Karen