We started today with Mrs. Meurs leading a devotional and heading to Florence Fuller around 8:30. First, we dropped off the students going to the East and headed to the West location. We spent the next couple of hours reading, playing, doing arts and crafts, and much more with the kids. They were thrilled to have us around…wanting to learn our names and have us help them with little things. Then we headed back to the school to eat lunch, which was Pollo Tropical. After lunch, at around 12:30, we headed North to the Palm Beach Food Bank. This was the first time going to this food bank, unaware of what we were doing at first, but it worked out according to God's plan. We bagged food that was given to children all across the Palm Beach area, which would be given to children on a Friday for a weekend supply for them and their families. We integrated with other volunteers and helped a ton. At 2:45, we left and came back to the school at 3:20 for early dismissal.
Thursday, March 6
Today, we had another devotional led by Mrs. Cronin and headed for Florence Fuller around 8:30. At the West Location, it was Dr. Seuss day, where kids walked around and paraded their Dr. Seuss hats and matching books. We danced and had so much fun. The kids are getting used to us now, and in the end, we were able to play tag and bubblegum bubblegum with them. At 11:30 we were back at the school for lunch…which was pizza, and had a nice break. Afterwards, we went up north to the Palm Beach food bank, bagging and sorting black beans along with the same weekend bags as yesterday. We packed over 900 backpacks of food for children and their families.
Rand McKelvin - March 10, 2026
Today we started with a devotional led by Mrs Swad before going off to Florence Fuller. I was put in age group 4-5 to help the kids with their daily routine in their class. It was an incredible experience to watch first hand how their teacher(Mr Pierre) can get them under control and help them with their learning. I noticed that having a calm attitude when correcting problems is more affective when teaching kids their age. I also had a fun time seeing how the kids act with each-other and seeing them treat each-other with kindness. It was a wonderful experience that I’m happy to have had on this local trip.
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