During the two-week school vacation, we were very busy. Our teenagers led the children in Kids in the morning and then after they fed the kids lunch, they had a chance to attend special teen activities. In the first week, our teens hosted "service projects." The service project teams were split into 4 groups: Cleaning parks and streets, cleaning schools, serving the sick and elderly, and appreciation of community heros. I led the appreciation team. In 1 week we baked 16 cakes and made 16 thank you cards for our community heros like the police, fire department, NGO's, social workers, doctors, nurses, orphanage workers, etc. The kids and teens then got to tell their community heros how much they appreciate all that they do. It was really special to hear the kids express themselves and how the people were so touched to get a thank you and a chocolate cake. The fire station were so pleased that they gave us a ride around in the fire truck until we were dizzy. It is so easy to show appreciation, but we so often take the time. Our young people learned the value of a thank you and we hope that the value of gratitude will follow them in their lives.
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