Last Day

 Sunday, May 22

Today we decided to make a big cake to bring in on our last day </3 Lucy and I headed to Shaws to get all our ingredients. We decided to make a vanilla cake with strawberries. We made the cake ahead of time to frost and decorate tomorrow!!


Monday, May 23

Today has been so bittersweet. We completed our senior project, which means we are one step closer to graduating; on the other hand, we had to say goodbye to our new friends. Lucy and I set up a taco bar with all the toppings for everyone to make their own taco. We prepped all of our toppings and cooked the meat, then frosted and decorated the cake. 


We headed to Spectrum at 3:30 to set everything up, and heat up the meat and rice before anyone got there. Today was different from all the others because we set up dinner buffet style, which was a hit. When we were done serving dinner, we took a while to sit down and talk with everyone. Our new friend, Mo taught us how to make the perfect burrito! Everyone loved the cake too :) 

It was really hard to say goodbye to the staff today, but even harder to say goodbye to the youth in the center. We have become friends with a lot of the kids, and have learned more than I can describe. We love Spectrum and cannot wait to be back again. I can totally see myself working there in the future. 

hours: 7 

total hours: 76 


 

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