That's How We Roll

This week, the staff at the Volunteer Center participated in a Day of Caring project to support another Greater Kalamazoo United Way agency, Ministry with Community.
Specifically, we rolled candles!

Each year, Ministry with Community enlists volunteer help to roll no-drip, beeswax candles for their "Light up a Life" fundraiser. Volunteers go on-site to cut sheets of beeswax, carefully roll the beeswax into attractive candles and box up the candles to be sold in pairs throughout the community.

After our two-hour shift, here were the final candle counts:

Chris: 40 something candles rolled
Ann: 26 candles rolled
Libby: 56 candles rolled
Michelle: 18 candles rolled
Amanda: 12 candles rolled

Clearly, some of us were better at this than others. (I'm just saying, it's harder than it looks.)
BUT, as our very helpful MwC supervisors were sure to point out: it's quality, not quanity that matters when rolling candles. Many thanks to the helpful volunteers and staff at Ministry with Community for guiding us in our candle-rolling efforts. We had a great time!

Here's hoping my small amount of quality candles rolled (and my co-workers' candles too, I guess) find their way into homes this year in support of Ministry with Community.


More information:
The Day of Caring Program matches employers, employees and members of organized labor with projects that allow individuals a behind-the scenes look at GKUW Member Agencies. Day of Caring volunteers make a firsthand difference in the community by working as a team to perform meaningful community-improvement projects at many Greater Kalamazoo United Way Member Agencies. Visit http://www.gkuw.org/ for more information.

The mission of Ministry with Community: to provide food, daytime shelter and other basic services to central Kalamazoo's homeless, poor, mentally ill and hard-to-serve adults. Through community cooperation, we provide these services in an atmosphere of dignity, hope and unconditional acceptance. Visit http://www.ministrywithcommunity.org/ for more information.