April 29, 2009

LAS VEGAS -

For the second straight spring, the UNLV women's soccer coaching staff asked each class to come up with a community service event for the whole team to participate in. The junior class choose for the team to participate in "Meals on Wheels". We now present Kelly Labor's report on the team's experience. In future days, we will also show what the freshman and junior classes chose as well.

Kelly Labor

When i came time to pick our community service project, we wanted to select one that directly involved the university. This year we decided to team up with an on-campus group called "Meals on Wheels." This group met frequently on Fridays to put together sacked lunches that would be later delivered to the Salvation Army in North Las Vegas.

When our team walked in, we were instantly put to work at different stations. A few made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches while others put apples and Oreo packets in the brown bags. Others ran the sandwiches over to the table where the majority of the team was stationed. That station was the final bagging and placing of finished lunches into big tubs.

Things went by very quickly with 20 girls each doing their part to help the process; our work was even complimented as the work of a small machine! The tubs were then loaded into the back of two white vans in order to be delivered to a group of very thankful recipients. As it was the last Meals on Wheels Friday of the semester, all of the players, along with the director of the event, are very eager to participate next year!