McKay Save the Horses Service 12-30-24

We have had to do a lot of service at the end of the month to get McKay's hours for The Congressional Award (we try to get 13 a month). He is such a good sport, especially since we had to get us early on his days off school. We headed to the early shift at Save the Horses

McKay was assigned to the stall mucking guy and he was so happy to have someone with him that they did all sorts of projects. 

He got to hang out with Braveheart a little bit too.

McKay is an awesome worker!

 

Emily Becomes a Member of D.A.R.

My cute friends Carissa and Tisha are members of Daughters of the American Revolution. I love them and also knew that I would like being part of this community of women. This was my ceremony of being sworn in. 

Service Meals By Grace Can Team (with Palmer too!)

 

We've done a lot of service over the break. It's been fun to have Palmer around for some of it! We served on the Can Team at Meals By Grace and then delivered food to the needy.

The Giving Machine 2024

We were so excited when we found out that The Giving Machine was going to be at The Collection about 10 minutes away from us! We couldn't get there until after Christmas, but we went on a fun night! There was a concert by The Nashville Tribute Band, so lots of people were there.

I was excited to buy a night stay for a family at the Ronald McDonals house since we have had some good experiences there. 

 

McKay has loved having a brother home again!

McKay 100 Hours of Service-Save the Horses

McKay decided to earn The Presidents Volunteer Leadership Award this year. It is 100 hours of service. We have worked very hard to get to that and today he did it! I should mention that he has only been working on it since June! We worked at Save the Horses.

We gave the animals medicine.

Fed them.

Gave them some treats.

Picked up feathers and hung out with the peacocks.

Watered.

Cleaned and organized.

Fed some more.

Herded the turkey, "Frank" in for he night.

And got burrs out of Bravos coat. 

It was a great time!