Coach Johnson approached me asking for me to be involved with the team still, even if I was busy commentating. I decided to run the socials for the team for select meets, and bonded with the team as they progressed through the season.

Coach approached me to commentate on the PA for the Paul Primeau, especially since I wasn't running in it this year. I read the senior speeches over the PA and worked that job over the course of four hours. 

The Oberlin trip started early in the morning, and was not that long of a drive to the town of Oberland. We spent the majority of the day touring the small but charming town, and learning about the town's important history in the underground railroad. It helped that Doringo was the counselor and had plenty of input. Overall, I think the trip showed me the importance of how the North was very involved in the process of freedom, and carry that on with me now.

Mrs. Ryan reached out to me to help plan for the upcoming meeting with Danburgs to talk sports communications, and we had a meeting for me to put some input in what I think students would want to hear. We then had the meeting and learned many things about sports communications and networking.

I had the oppurtunity to be a student ambassador to help aide parents around to different classes around campus, while fostering good relations with kind gestures. It was nice to see so many people.

I joined the Courage to Act Crew to be able to help freshman feel welcome to the Gilmour family. I got to know many new freshmen and be a person they could rely on. Whether I was escorting them to brand new place, or explaining helpful tips for the school year, I was seeing Jesus in each of them individually.

The trip to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank was one of contemplation more than anything else. The video we watched at school really allowed me to see what my actions at the food bank were doing to serve the community. I felt great knowing my energy went to feeding people who needed it more than I did. While walking around the line to fill bags, I thought about the struggles people faced, and it sparked an attitude to really make me want to serve people more in my community. This trip raised awareness, made me a bigger servant of God, and allowed me to want to serve my community more than ever.

Loading the cars was a fun and pensive experience where I felt glad that so many people would enjoy a Thanksgiving meal. The service felt more heartful due to the classic Ohio weather helping out in the process, leaving me cold and wet. That made me thankful for another thing people don't have, shelter.

After practice, I decided to head over to the garden with some other members of the team to better understand the part of the campus as well as engage and better get to know my teammates. We got a brief rundown after a warm welcome of what we were supposed to do, that being raking out weeds and loading the bins and piles with compost. Every bin I worked with a different teammate and the extra teamwork went a long way to better grow with them personally and as a team. As we finished, we cleaned up and headed inside for some team lunch.

The goal of harvest workers is to serve God in the community around us and serve Him in each other in the process. Harvest workers consisted of five days of service around the neighborhood and plenty of sacred time to see the Lord in adoration, communion, and reconciliation. The first day of harvest workers consisted of early icebreakers, even though we all knew each other in our group quite well, and then walking around the neighborhoods doing a scavenger hunt, and finally, once we were settled we walked around the same neighborhoods collecting food items for the homeless, which ended in a surplus of supplies for everyone. Our group didn’t get as many items as well as others, but the experience really showed me how generous some people were, and also helped my social confidence when it came to asking for help. After all the items were sorted and organized, there was downtime and dinner, where we all shared our experiences together.

Coming in fresh the next day, our groups got assignments on who we would be serving in the community that day. This would repeat every day. That day, we were to go to a Christmas village for the ill. The man who ran the whole experience was the sweetest man I had ever met, and he looked like a replica of Santa. That was the whole gimmick, but Santa really does mean a lot to every kid. Even though there was this whole magical village filled with wonder, we had the duty of cleaning out barns and organizing haystacks. It was still a great experience that took almost the whole day to complete, but in the end, we got some treats from “Mrs. Claus” and left with a feeling of charity as we knew we had helped Santa create a better and amazing experience for the ill. I would go back every day if I could. The day concluded with a meal with everyone at the church and we even stayed the night there that night. To better help us understand what the homeless go through, we were challenged to sleep outside in a cardboard bow. I attempted but fled inside when the bugs were becoming too numerous. In conclusion, I definitely understood better the situation I was contributing to.

Waking up the next day, we were given the opportunity to better grow ourselves in our own community as a church. On this day, we held mass by the beach and had a cookout with the Parish. It was a great experience. Afterward, we went shopping with a budget to buy the ingredients needed for us to cook dinner for someone in the Parish who may not always be able to help themselves. I’m not the biggest culinary expert, but the experience left me a little more skilled and more importantly glad I had fed some mouths. On this night, we held adoration; a great chance for reflection that allowed me to really see who I was and what I was doing. I would probably call this day my favorite, though all were great.

On the final day, we went to our advisor's dad’s house, who was recently grieving from a loss, along with our advisor. We did yard work such as mowing the lawn, mulching, splitting, and storing wood. We were treated to a nice lunch made by him, and then we sat down and shared some stories. It was really special to serve someone our advisor was so close to, and to help someone when they are in a tough time really made the experience worth every drop of sweat.

Heading back to the Church to wrap up the experience was bittersweet, but it helped me remember all the help and service I gave and made me look forward to all the service I would be performing in the following years.