Service Learning Credit

United Methodist Church

As a college student I find it very lucky that I have the ability to go to college. Many people don’t even have the money or ability to go to college. On the first Tuesday of March, I was asked to go to United Methodist Church and work with young children at an after school program. Dr. Reed works with these under privileged children regularly. When I was asked to assist, I knew I couldn’t turn this opportunity down. I love working with kids and I was told that it was in lower Price Hill so I knew that many of these young kids didn’t have much or if any one to talk to or help them with everyday things.
I remember riding down with Father John and asking him what I was going to experience at the church. He told me Dr. Reed is helping United Methodist Church out to help give the kids in the area a better start and to keep them off the street from getting involved in drugs or other events that wouldn’t lead them to a positive road. I walked into the room where all the kids where starting to work on egg projects and talking about Jesus with the upcoming holiday Easter. I walked over to a table of young boys who where about four years old. I had to help assisted them with there egg projects. I found it hard at times to keep an eye on one little boy who wouldn’t stay in his chair he wanted to be everywhere. He even tried to run out of the door once. After working on their egg projects the kids were treated to some LaRossa’s pizza. A bonus was a drawing for their name to be called out of a drawing where they got a cookie. I had to deal with an issue of one boy in my little group of young boys who started to cry because he didn’t think he was going to get a cookie. He told me that his mom never buys him cookies because she doesn’t have any money. My heart dropped down to the floor when, I heard him say this to me. I couldn’t help but think about how when I was his age I wasn’t worried about getting cookies because my grandma and mom would always have them around.