Community Service and Concessions Galore

Last Saturday, I was involved in a long, tiring, but very rewarding day of service to the Delaware community. My day started at 8 am when some of my fraternity brothers and I headed down to the Scioto River for a little clean up. The day started off slowly as we parked and were transferred to another, more remote location. When we got our canoes though, the day instantly picked up. My friend Chad and I picked up a ton of stuff- mainly from a dilapidated shed and a huge tire. The journey was not as long this time but it was almost as intense. The amount of garbage the groups collected was massive, I kid you not.

After spending the morning out on the river and a hefty lunch, I showered, worked out, and headed over to the Community Unity festival at Woodward Elementary. At first, I was assigned to sell T-shirts. I had to become a bit authoritative in order to make some sells but I think that people liked the design of the T-shirts enough to buy one. I would have except that I did not have any money. Once the other Student Union on Black Awareness members showed up after their workshops, I waited for Circle K to arrive so I could participate in their games with the children. Among some of the games were hula hoops and jump rope. Above, there is a picture of our President, Kristen Lear, showing off her skills. I am a horrible hula hooper so I left the responsibility of doing that to them. Getting kids to come to us was quite easy and I was happy that Circle K would set up these activities for some fun! Towards the end of the Festival, I helped out the Common Ground Free Store for a little bit and caught some of the local step team and band. Boy, were they good! Overall, I had a very good time interacting and helping at the Community Unity Festival.

After the Festival, I headed over to the OWU Men's Soccer Game to help out with Kiwanis Concessions. As a Circle K member, I have a strong obligation to help out members of the Kiwanis Family (Key Club, Kiwanis, Aktion Club, Builder's). I love the intensity of being at the counter during a hyped men's soccer game and interacting with the customers. The hot topic: the highly anticipated OSU vs. USC football game. I got to watch the soccer game and the football at the same time while I was working. I was happy to be at the game and to see the football game- usually, I would have to choose but not this time. This was the second time I did concessions for Circle K; the concessions goes towards my Dues that I am required to pay to be a member.

Well, even though I am busy practically all of the time, I still wrote this blog. I know that it is a week later than I wanted to post but I still had to make it a priority. I love working with all of my groups because without them, none of these projects would have been done. Thank you for reading and I hope to update you with more service opportunities I did this semester.






Still doing work,
Hasani Wheat
Class of '10