Tuesday: My Sister's House First visit

On Tuesday, March 14th, we visited a women's shelter dedicated to helping survivors of domestic violence and assisted them with tasks around the house to help organize and make the families' living space more open and accessible.  If any of the women needed to escape in the middle of the night, this shelter would be a place of refuge and provide them with basic essentials and more to help them get back up on their feet.  We were grateful for this rare opportunity to listen to their mission and assist them so that they could focus on serving the residing families.

Before organizing the clothes closet...

After!

After lunch, we visited the Low Country Food Bank and learned about the logistics behind food donations and delivery in the Charleston area.  In 2016, they distributed 25 million pounds of food to 200,000 families.  We helped them by packaging produce donated to them by local grocery stores and heard about their goal of increasing the amount of healthy, fresh food they distribute.  It was inspiring to work alongside locals from many different backgrounds and hear why they were serving.

Here are some pictures of us serving at the food bank.

After a long day of service, we are excited for some chicken patties and apple pie for Pi day!!