Community Service:LUWIP's Back to School Field Day a complete success

On Sunday Morning I took a 2 hr leisurely drive down to the Cobbs Creek Communty Park in Philadelphia to attend the Back to school Field Day Sponsored by LUWIP. Upon my arrival I was greeted by the President and Vice President of LUWIP Ms Edith Donaldson and Agnes Donaldson. as well as the Public Relations representative Ms Christine Maycole. Despite the overcast and the threat of rain, the ladies were still excited about the day activites.

I assisted them in getting set up for the Field Day. We unloaded bookbags,folders, papers,pens,pencils.erasers, scissors. glue. rulers, school accesory kits and much more. LUWIP biggest sponsor Western Union supported the event this year providing, water bottles pens pencils notepads key chains etc. I noticed that some of items that western Union donated had designs of the Liberian Flag and a little map of Liberia.

Ms Wata Chenoweth Member of LUWIP Arrived with the food for the affair. She prepared a kid freindly menu which consisted of :hamburgers, hotdogs and chicken wings complete with all of the fixings, chips and soda also accompanied the menu.

The Secretary and Chaplain Ms Edith Guywan and Ms Mae Stevens were also there helping to put together the assembly line for kids to receive their items.

As the day progressed the park filled with kids of all ages. Music filled the air as children played and the members talked to parents. A local parent in the community came to me and said. This my second time attending this event. Getting my kids prepared for school can be quite expensive, this event really helps me to alleviate some of the cost that goes into getting kids ready for the school. Year I am so glad they did it this year. I hope they continue to have this event in the future.

Then the moment came to give out the load of school supplies children were assembled by the grades then proceeded down the assembly line and filled their items with loads of school supplies.

Once the kids got their bookbags filled they made their way over to the hambugers and hotdogs and played for the rest of the day.

Looking back on my day I thought it was a day well spent. I had the chance to help give back to the community while meeting new people, and getting to know who the women of LUWIP are all about. As the public relations director Christine Maycole put it "Being an member of LUWIP is so much more than producing a beauty pageant every year. It is about being able to give back to the Liberian community here in U.S. and back home."

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