Jeffery, my fishing buddy, set up the trips and got groups arranged so that we ended up with 28 trips on 14 days with a load ranging from 28 to 45 kids per trip.
And the Mentors spent their time teaching them. Very often One on One with the child. The supervising staff from the organization that brought them would sit and watch the scenery. A special Shout out to Terri who organized al the mentors for the past couple of years. You go Girl! (she is going to Africa for a big safari vacation and we need a replacement. hint hint)
It was fun. It takes dedication. It is rewording.
Special efforts by Richard Summers got this dinner party going. Some MDRA members volunteered the Fish and Jerry N of course did the cooking. Most of the mentors got to mix and mingle and bring out our spouses for a bit of social time. Very cool.
It is nice stuff. The reward to those who give is the Smile.
On the tables were many of the letters of thank you's from the kids.
I like to go on the Blind kids trip and the Special Needs trip especially as those kids rarely get this type of experience and they appreciate it so much.
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