The students say the experience helped strengthen their faith
ALBANY, GA -- The Salvation Army got extra helping hands from the youth group at First United Methodist Church.
Westover High senior John Kemp is no stranger to volunteer work. He’s been to Costa Rica, the Bahamas and New Orleans to help with the Katrina cleanup. But due to budget cuts, they decided to serve a bit closer to home.
“I always wanted to do something here in town because everyone knows we are not an economically privileged city,” Said Kemp.
They’ll be helping out all week, and Tuesday they served hot meals a A Place for Hope. Among those served was Charlie Wims
“I was on drugs for three years, I got myself off drugs. I've been clean for three years now. Smoking dope, going in empty houses and all that stuff, ain't got nowhere to go, wearing the same clothes and all that stuff. But God brought me out of all that because I asked him to,” Said Wims.
Wims believes the choices these youth are making now to serve others will help them make other good decisions down the road.
“I mean, it's better than hanging out in the streets, and people shooting each other and killing folks or being in a gang or something like that. I think it's cool to come down here and help people that ain't got nothing.”
“It's a really eye-opening experience cause you really don't know how good you got it until you see how bad other people have it,” Said Emily Anderson, an 8th grader at Deerfield-Windsor.
The students say that serving helped feed more than just those who enjoyed the hot meals, they also fed their faith.
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