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Hola Amigos!

Something extremely important when donating is that everything you donate is clean. So all the 30+ blankets went in the washing machine, even though it was being stupid and refused to wash anything well. This took up a lot of the time of my project. (Fifteen hours!)
After the blankets were washed, I called the Friendly House to make sure I could still drop the donations off. She assured me I could. While I had her on the phone, I asked the manager if I could come and work with the kids as part of my "people part" of my project. She said I should come make cupcakes at Halloween.
I e-mailed my council and they said all parts of the project had to be completed before the day I sent my papers in. Due to this little mishap, I called her back, and asked if I could come a bit earlier. Sure, I could. They were kids. As long as they had some sugar, they would be fine.
So that's what I did last Tuesday right after cheer practice. It felt awesome to help out with the kids. Most of them spoke Spanish, so that's a lesson to any kids who may read this: always pay attention in your foreign language classes because if you don't your going to end up miming with children trying to figure out what they meant.
About two weeks earlier, my best friend and I went with my mom to drop off the books and blankets. I think the woman inside was impressed. She told us how great it was that we wanted to help our communities. But I wasn't looking for somebody to praise my actions, I just wanted to help.