wednesday the 22nd the city council and mayor came to have a little volunteer appreciation lunch with us. i say 'with' because it meant that we worked longer, bought and cooked more food, and had 10x's more dishes:) below are some photos of us making 9 trays of pudding at 10pm:
now that we made all that puddin' it was time to retire for the night and get ready for the celebration. folks from other volunteer organizations came to enjoy a band, a speech from several city council members and the mayor, and TONS OF FOOD...
the video posted below is of one of our city councilwomen thanking us for our work as volunteers. the video cuts off as she is about to mention the opening of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr elementary school. the city wanted to demolish MLK elementary after the storm but common ground (another volunteer group) broke into the buliding in the evenings and gutted it and restored it back to life- im not sure how public that story is but it should be shared more often.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2g7Sgwh4O8
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Is that you in the Michigan shirt? I just graduated from there! My invite is currently en route, but I'm almost positive it's for Namibia based on what my recruiter said... anyways I hear UM is the biggest recruiter for new volunteers!
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