Newton Serves

The Tuesday night Newton Small Group took the opportunity to participate in Newton Serves yesterday. We got to help build 4 planters at the Carroll Center for the Blind, just up the street from NPC.  We are certainly not masons but we are engineers, teachers and artists so there was an ounce of hope for us! Bob Schulein sure can split rock!  Katie Boyce, Kate Schulein and Debbie Tully are now expert cement mixers! Frank Sr. Tully, Frank Jr. Boyce and Jeff are proficient in wheelbarrow skills and laying brick! I myself took on the role of project manager, photographer and water-girl.  At first it seemed like it was a fun project to work on as a group. But as the day went on and the president of the Carroll Center, Mike, (in his quintessential boston italian manor), kept talking about how much potential this garden had to impact the lives of his clients, we all became a bit more connected to this project and excited to see its impact. Mike was so excited to have us come back in a month, share dinner with his clients and then explore the garden with them. We are all very excited about this! We also had the opportunity to meet a neighbor (Sue) who just wanted to help out in the neighborhood. She jumped right in to work along side our crazy group.  I had felt quite unproductive most of the day since brick lugging isn't my gift these days, however I had the opportunity to get to Sue and her family all while sharing about what NPC is doing this week. All in all, it was a great day! Enjoy a few photos!