Piles of the trash picked up
Part of the group that spread the play chips
Hard at work!
In memory of those that died on 9/11 President Obama designated September 11th National Volunteer Day. Our churches in the NW were asked to contact the cities in which we live and set up volunteer opportunities for the members. Aaron was asked to be in charge of the five wards in Maple Valley. It was a great opportunity to work with the city and with the parks department to find jobs that could be done in one day. There was an enormous turnout and many things around the city were finished. The kids and I were on litter patrol up and down the streets by our homes. Then we all headed over to Lake Wilderness Park to help spread 190 yards of play chips in the kids play area. There were three huge piles when we arrived but with 200+ people that showed up we were done in under an hour! Strength in numbers is an amazing thing to witness! We hope to do this every year!
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