This morning a group of 7 middle school students and 3 adults/college kids went and painted the front of the Alabaster YMCA. I will be honest... when I found out that we were going to be painting, I was more than a little concerned. All of my limited knowledge about middle schoolers was telling me that: middle school + paint = one big mess! Then to top it off the lady at the YMCA told me we would be painting the front of the building (as opposed to some inconspicuous back wall that no one would ever see.) So after a short lesson on how to use the rollers and the importance of painting evenly and thoroughly....we set out to paint.
As it turns out... they did a remarkable job! The group worked hard and did everything they were asked to do. Cameron was our "ladder man" and tackled many of the high areas, while Will did the job that no one else wanted to do and painted behind the bushes. The girls did a good job as well - painting all the cracks and making sure everything looked good.
In the end, I was way off on our groups ability to do this job well. Acually the biggest mess of the day was from when I spilled the paint trying to pour it into the tray! (It was all maggie's fault -- j/k)
Great work today guys!
Lacy
2 comments:
haha half the peoples eyes are closed!! (cough,cough LOSERS cough,cough)lol
it still sucks that i couldnt go!!! but i still had fun this morning at our pancake breakfast for track.
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