Well, things come full circle. When I (Ryan writing here) was in high school my good friend set up a weekly meeting after school where we would make peanut butter & jelly sandwiches and deliver them to the homeless in Pioneer Park in Salt Lake City. It is one of those memories that stuck with me - an outstanding experience for a 17 year old and his group of friends.
Recently I connected with an organization based in Tempe that provides countless services for the homeless in a city where homelessness is not addressed, nor are facilities available. I was asked to serve on their board of directors. I'm thrilled for this opportunity especially because there's an opportunity to bring my young kids into this project by...well, you guessed it...by making PB&Js.
Since Urban Outreach is headquartered in a local Methodist church sufficient kitchens to serve meals do not exist. As a result, our family decided to make sack lunches and deliver them to the church for distribution. Nothing major, but an OUTSTANDING opportunity for our family to serve whereas we wouldn't be able to do much in a soup kitchen with young children. And yes, jelly was flying last night, but we got the job done and delivered.
So it appears the PB&J Brigade from Davis High School lives on in Arizona!
Happy Easter 2007 from Team Secrist! We enjoyed a morning of mountain biking and an Easter Egg Hunt at our neighborhood park with good friends. A few friends organized this a few years ago and we all decided to do it again. It is a lot of fun - breakfast, games and an egg hunt. Hattie and Neeley filled their baskets. See our egg hunt and games videos below!
Taani was so smart to grab this shot. Here are all the parents taking pictures of the kids (the opposite view from the picture above). Wow, life has changed. We are camcorder/camera geeks now...all of us.