Today, the boys returned to Lowell school, this time not working in the garden but in the school itself. We were working to set up the YIPPEE Program for the summer. YIPPEE is a free summer camp for poor kids in the Chicago area that takes kids on field trips, gives them environmental and nutritional information, and provides lunches and physical education. We quickly cleaned the offices and finished everything we were given. However, the art teacher was walking by and asked if some of us could help clean and repaint her room. We painted an entire wall and scrubbed shelves while she informed of the inadequicies of the Chicago Public Scool system. After lunch, we went over to a dojo that the YIPPEE Program was using to teach kids karate where we mopped and painted (and felt very Karate Kid-esque). Later, we returned to the Seed Of Abraham Church before heading out to eat on the shores of the Great Lake and return completely exhausted.
Peter
