Spring Break Update (Wednesday)

And on the third day of service projects this summer...we had 13 people again come out to work on two difference projects.  The first group went back and helped Network Ministries.  In the morning they helped an elderly lady remove family valuables from an old shed.  The lady was concerned animals would get into the shed since it has getting really old, and she had many family pictures, letters and her mother's wedding dress.  The dress was fine, but apparently some of the letters had been destroyed by animals and were covered in dead animal bodies and rat droppings.  Luckily, I went on the other project!  After lunch, this group went to do yard work for some elderly in the area.

The second group from UTD participated in the Dallas Ramps Project, which installs free ramps for elderly who cannot afford them.  Dallas Ramps builds and installs 250 ramps each year.  After meeting with our team lead Bill, we went to a house in Dallas, and removed an old ramp and replaced it with a brand new ramp.  This was a lot of fun, using power tools and getting to work with wood.  Bill taught us a lot about ramp design, and let us do quite a bit of work.  Since Bill knew we were college students, he frequently discussed the physics, geometry and engineering of advanced ramp design and deployment.  No one was hurt, which was amazing considering Brad was allowed to use a saw. :)  Just kidding Brad!