I am no longer surprised by anything that our youth today do. In fact I have not been surprised by the things they are capable of for a long time. They are such forward thinkers. The only questions are which youth will step up next, when, and what great thing will they decide to do. I got the next answer to those questions on Wednesday night.
There was an article in the hood county news on Wednesday about a Tolar youth organization called Lifesavers. Two of our youth from Acton were featured in this article which gave Blane Morris and Matt Moody the chance to speak for a few minutes about Lifesavers. Their mission is for kids to inspire kids to choose to make a difference in this world and their communities through simple acts of kindness. The youth started the program to help others in need which has included collecting food and clothing for the food pantry, raising money and groceries for a janitor who was injured and out of work, adopting 40 Tolar "angels," and feeding 250 homeless and volunteers later this month. They will also be collecting new unwrapped toys for Tolar Christmas for Kids and Families.
*Our AUMC youth will be bringing unwrapped toys on Wednesday to donate to this program if anybody who reads this would like to bring some items to donate*
These youth saw a need and met that need on their own. And that is what we need from these young people is to be self starters. See a need and meet a need in any way they can. As long as we continue to have young people who think about the needs of others we have great hope for the future.
Thank you to Matt, Blane, and the rest of these Tolar youth.
Grace & Peace
Kevin
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