Crisis Assistance Ministry

Today was a complete blessing. This blessing came out of what I thought was slightly, okay more than slightly, annoying addition of a class to my schedule. Two weeks ago, I noticed online that a class was added to my schedule at The Art Institute of Charlotte without my knowledge that I even needed to take the class. I was very upset by the way things were handled after that, but things have settled and I have settled into the class.

The class is Community Service. As a class, we are responsible for completing 6 community service projects. The first one was created by the school. It was to help out at Crisis Assistance Ministry . Crisis Assistance Ministry services the low-income citizens of Mecklenburg County, often classified as "the working poor," who are facing financial emergencies and are struggling to meet life's basic needs. Everyday citizens can go there to get everyday household items, including clothing, and get assistance with rent and utilities.

The blessing came when we were given a tour of their facilities. The fact that they set it up actually like a store touched me. It maintains dignity. The one thing missing in there set up, is the fact that plus size clothing didn't have their own section. I don't know I really don't like digging through about 8 racks of clothing to only find out there is nothing there to fit me.

After the tour, we were able to get a chance to help them sort clothing. So the 11 of us began to sort clothing. Our teacher was right there sorting with us, I appreciated that. We had so much fun..joking around and singing the songs from the radio...that we sorted about 8 rolling laundry bins of clothing.