Some words and video from the kids at Pleasant Knoll Middle School!

Today’s blog is from Kristin Zeppelin, who organized a packing event at Pleasant Knoll Middle School in Fort Mill, SC

What an amazing day bringing our Pleasant Knoll Middle School family together for our First Day of Service!  To pack over 58,000 meals going to children and families in need in Nicaragua and Western North Carolina was priceless and a first for most of our students and staff! Listen to their words…

  • I LOVED it! It was great to see the students take ownership and work as a team. I thought servants with a heart did an excellent job also setting up the students for success.

  • I absolutely loved this for our students! I loved that we gave some to Western NC as well. I grew up there and know what difficulties they have ahead.

  • I loved the Day of Service because it made me feel happy knowing that our hard work fed hungry children and possibly saved lives.

  • It was really fun! I think it spread awareness and also allowed our school to really connect as a whole.

  • I loved it! It was such a wonderful way to give back and also put other people's situations in our student's minds and hopefully help put their problems into perspective.

  • What we did was fun and meaningful for others. I love helping the planet and each other. This would be amazing and fun to do again!

  • The Day of Service made me feel good because I was helping others in need.

  • I thought it was well run and you could work with a team and use teamwork.

  • It was very fun putting in all the ingredients for the kids in Latin and Central America.

  • It was very fun and it made me feel happy that I am making a difference.

  • I thought it was a cool experience that not many schools do.

  • It was a good experience getting to work with the people in the organization and to be able to help people who needed help.

  • I really liked scooping the food into the bags. I wish we were able to do more bags, but I really enjoyed it and it was interesting learning about the lives of the kids.

  • I think the Day of Service was really fun and productive. It helped students learn more about the world and the importance of helping others in need.

  • Kind and Giving

  • I really like the day of service. I thought it was very fun, and very helpful for the people that need the food. It helped me feel like I was actually able to help people for once. It really made me and other people happy. I think we should always do this every year. It helped me learn a lot about the people we were going to give the food to.

  • Happy.

  • I thought it was cool getting to do something for people in Nicaragua. I also thought it was cool because we got to make notes for them which could of made a poor kid happy.

  • It was a very fun activity to do and me knowing that I was going to help thousands of kids made it even more fun!!!

Watch a video of their experience here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2aqlwiJdg8

Suzanne Yoh