BLOG: Xtreme Serve Stories!
Hey 180!
Check out these cool stories about what a few small groups did for the Xtreme Serve challenge last semester!
Andersen/Broussard Small Group (6th Grade Girls)
For our Xtreme Serve, the girls decided to collect pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House. The girls raised SO many pop tabs!! 3 coffee cans full and around 7 large sandwich bags...too many to count! They are so passionate about this that we decided to continue our collecting for at least the rest of the school year. We would love for the rest of 180 to join us in collecting! Ronald McDonald houses are a place that feels like home for families to stay, while their loved ones are in continuous hospital care. Some families stay for a week, while others months. I personally used Ronald McDonald houses growing up and think they are a fantastic organization. (You can find more detailed information below.)
Barrientos/Kelley Small Group (8th Grade Boys)
For our Xtreme Serve, we RAKed - that is, R(andom) A(ct of) K(indness) - two lawns that were filled to the brim with leaves. We completely filled up Joel’s truck and Omar’s SUV with leaves and drove them out to the Haverkamps’ field, where the leaves met their fiery demise. But not before we had some fun wrestling and making spectacular football catches in the huge leaf pile. The guys don’t know this yet, but we’ll be shoveling some random driveways (sorry, no clever acronyms for this one) at some point this winter! If you want yours shovelled, let me know :)
-Shane Kelley
Brekke/Thorsbakken/Butikofer Small Group (8th Grade Boys)
We helped move straw bales for Brekke's Town & Country Store. They donated money to our group which we then used to purchase items for a family through the Wishing Tree Project at the Huxley Clothes Pantry.
-Josh Butikofer
WOW! What awesome ways to serve God and to serve God's people!
