I want all of you to go and read Jay's recent post about our time in D.C. (feel free to read on after that as well. He is a great writer, especially compared to my amateur style.) Jay is from Boston, too. (jay is laughing at this sentence right now. did i mention i am a great writer?) We met day one of our AmeriCorps travels on the plane ride to Perry Point. Little did we know that our two teams would be spending most of our AmeriCorps year together. Below is the link to his blog. CHECK IT OUT : )

http://jay-americorps.blogspot.com/


Last Friday our teams were all involved in preparing for a free event called Street Soccer US Cup. There are teams from across the country that play 4 v. 4 matches all weekend. This is a program that works to help fight homelessness. Each soccer team is made up of men and women who are, or were at one point, homeless.

"Join this team, change your life." This is what SSUS offers to people in 16 cities across the country. It is a chance for personal development through participating in a sport and other opportunities the program offers. I think this was a great experience meeting these strong individuals, especially for our summer of service participants.

Next week is the Operation Military Kids Camp. All of my participants are looking forward to working with kids again. I can't believe we only have 2 1/2 weeks left of Summer of Service. These 9 weeks went by faster than expected. Our 10 months is almost up. SO STRANGE. I knew it was going to go by fast, but I wasn't expecting it to be this fast.