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CYF Conference Service Project
 Can
you imagine working for $0.31 an hour? Can you envision buying
approximately 678 pounds of food with this money? Can you picture boxes of
mixed vegetables, weighing almost a ton? Can you see laundry detergent,
bathroom articles and other necessities in life in huge boxes? What can 51
young people and their counselors do as a Service Project at CYF
Conference?
The youth and counselors took two
afternoons during CYF Conference to provide
service and assistance for GAP Ministries located in Augusta, Georgia.
 These brave souls ventured to Golden Harvest Food Bank, the distribution
center for food banks in Georgia, to help provide additional moneys for
this ministry. Each person working earned 31 cents a hour, which GAP
Ministries can use to buy food and other personal items. GAP can buy two
pounds of food for this amount!
The camp was divided into small groups
for the week and it was decided that this is how the youth would go to
help this valuable ministry. Three groups went on the first day and the
other two on the next. The first day
found the youth encountering large boxes of frozen mixed vegetables. They
were asked to bag the vegetables in 5-pound bags and then place 6 bags to
a box for distribution to the food banks. It was heard said after the
bagging,  "I didn’t like mixed vegetables when we started this
venture, and now I really don’t like them!" The second day, the
youth sorted laundry detergent, fabric softener, bathroom article, and
other items donated by various Grocery Chains. Most of the items on this
day had to be wiped off due to leaking and then sorted according to item
and use. Another person was heard to say. "I now have the softest
hands in camp!"
The young people at this conference came
away with a newfound sense of pride. It doesn’t take much to help
someone less fortunate that you. In response to their continued need to
serve others, we pray that this will become a vital part of the camp and
conference experience. |
