On Sunday April 22nd, Manassas Assembly #13 made food for the firefighters at a local fire station. I had been working on the Adopt-a-Spot cleanup, but when I got back there was a delicious smell of pasta and bread! Some of the Girls who were not cleaning Ashton Avenue, had stayed at the Lodge and cooked pasta and bread with the adults. People bought a lot of food too, including cake, ice cream, and fruit salad. After a little bit of lunch and scrapbooking, it was time to load up the vehicles! Some of the Girls then headed out to the vehicles to put the food in the trunks. We then drove to the local fire station by the court house and unloaded the trunks (I carried the pretty cake).

The firefighters were pretty surprised since they weren’t expecting us, but very grateful that we had brought so much food! One of the firefighters then showed us to their kitchen, where we set all the food down on the table. Some other firefighters came and were really happy and shocked about all the food. Before we left, we made sure that the firefighter showed us where the fire pole was! We were not allowed to slide down, but some of us tried to climb up a little bit for a photo! Some of the other firefighters came back with the station’s newest firetruck, and we all got to get a picture in front of it with all the firefighters, for the scrapbook. They invited us to come back any time and thanked us for the food. I had an amazing time and I would definitely want to come back again!

In Rainbow Love & Service,
Alyssa
Manassas Assembly

On April 22nd (also Earth Day) Joella, Katie, Sami, Jazmyn, Lilli, and I participated in the Adopt-a-Spot cleanup on Ashton Avenue. First, we came to the Lodge where a lot of the other Girls were making the meal for the firefighters and working on the scrapbook. We figured out which cars we were going to ride in and went on the short (probably 5 minute) drive to Ashton Avenue. When we got there the orange vests, little claw picker upper thingys, and the trash bags were distributed, and we split up into groups of two. Sami and I started next to the 7-Eleven and went all the way past another store and two neighborhoods! Sami was a little bit worried that we looked like people from jail, though. We ended up picking up so much trash that we had to give our trash bags to the adults because it was so heavy! We all found some really weirdthings too! After picking up a lot of trash, getting a lot of plastic bags out of trees, and taking lots of pictures for the scrapbook, we returned to the Lodge.

I had a very fun time and I hope I can do it again. 

In Rainbow Love & Service,
Alyssa
Manassas Assembly