Revolution #10

I have a big heart for the Boys and Girls Club as though I spent a lot of time and effort helping the one where I grew up. So I called and got the address of the one in Akron. The Boys and Girls Club in Akron is very poorly funded and is understaffed, I decided to go in and see what it was I could spend with 70 dollars. I talked to the Manager; Charles Brown (swear his name really is Charlie Brown). I explained to him who I was and what I was doing there. He gave me a pass and explained to the staff that I'd be roaming around taking a look at things.

After spending some time in the Gym with the kids I realized that almost all out their basketballs were incredibly old, flat, andunusable. I found out over 2000 kids rotate between rooms and use that gymevery day. I got with Charlie and told him what I wanted to do. So I ran to the closest Wal-Mart I could find and talked to the manager. They had a special on some cheap basketballs for 4 dollars each. Honestly that's a great price, but I talked to the General Manager and explained what I was doing. So they gave me a 50% discount, I decided to push my luck and convinced him to throw in one dodgeball for every five basketballs I got. I threw in a little of my own money (10$) and I got 40 basketballs, 8 dodgeballs, and part of the deal was that I had to hang a wal-mart banner in the gym.

I took my little compact car back to The Boys and Girls Club full to the sunroof of balls. This is what I did with the money and a little of my extra. The Boys and Girls Club thanks us (and walmart). The kids really seemed to appreciate it, and I played a few games of dodgeball with the teens. Overall I would say this was productive. I wasn't allowed to witness like I wanted, but I was allowed to tell the kids who I was and why I was there, a lot of them had questions as to why a church would just randomly decide to give money away.

On a side note I was with my mom, who is an atheist by the way, and told her about our service that morning and she donated some money to the church because of it. This was definitely something that affected people outside our church too.

Nicholas and Melinda Kagy