Growing the Spirit

I accompanied Mrs. Stroebel and a few of the grade nines to Cowichan Bay to help out at "Growing The Spirit," an event to mark the one-year countdown to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. Inside the Maritime Center, we helped kids make fruit and vegetable paintings, and to build wooden boats. Outside, we served free brownies, chocolates and hot chocolate. My roommate, Emma L. and I took lots of the chocolates and ran around the town handing them out to kids, encouraging them to come. We also talked to lots of their parents outside while serving them food. They were all very interested in Shawnigan, and it gave us an opportunity to tell them all about it. The kids all had a lot of fun painting, and were very proud of what they had made. I would recommend anyone to volunteer for this.

– Kathryn G., Gr. 9 (Groves')