Tuesday, June 16th Our second day of work started bright and early with breakfast at 8:00 a.m. Then we took a long ride in the van to the city of Boone at the Hunger and Health Coalition. When we got to the wood lot, we met a sweet old man named Harold who had been running it for 17 years. The team split off into two groups; one went to break apart logs, and the other went to install insulation for a home that had flooded. The Log group, which was made up of Ellie, Sadie, Ben, Ryan, and...

Monday, June 15th Today we woke up to conclude a restful night of sleep and walked to breakfast. With under-eye bags and yawns, we ate our eggs, pancake bake, sausage, fruit, and cereal, then hit the road. We took a short (and very bumpy!) car ride to Jimmy’s house. Hurricane Helene directly impacted Jimmy. We spent the day chopping up wood, loading it into the back of a pick-up truck, and clearing sticks and trees to head to the chipper. We ate our packed lunch and headed right back to work...