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What the Freshmen Class Did on a Holiday

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 By Ji Ah Choi

Resisting the temptation to stay in bed on a holiday morning, the freshmen class had a service project on Monday after spring break. They arrived at school at around 8:30 am for this service activity, and about half of the freshmen class participated in this activity where they cleaned cars. This activity took around 1:30 hours, and they served until 10:00 am. 

Right before their return to school after spring break, the freshmen did a meaningful activity. Numerous cars were parked in the parking lot, and the freshmen started to clean every one of the cars. From cleaning the exterior of the car to cleaning even the tires, freshmen have diligently invested their time into this service activity. 

Not only did they clean cars, but they also wrote encouragement letters and gave those to all the car owners. The freshmen class divided themselves into two groups, where one group wrote cards containing encouraging messages, and the other cleaned the cars. There were about four people writing the encouragement letters, and one of them, Haeun Jeon (9), said, “It was tiring as I had to write around 60 letters, but I had so much fun in this activity.”

By 10:00 am, the freshmen class had cleaned all of the cars that were parked all over the campus, including the ones in the parking lot. Although it might have been tiring at first, the freshmen gained memorable experiences through this activity. It is an experience which taught that service doesn’t have to be done far away, but it can be done within the community. These kinds of community service can also provide meaningful memories of serving others. 

As Julia Jang (9) said, “Although it was tiring at first, I was proud of the hard work after seeing the cars being all cleaned.”

 

 

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