Day Two at SERRV was quite an experience. Our group (JJ, Megan, Tricia and I) was sad to learn that the Overstock blowout sale in the SERRV basement only lasted til Saturday. Our philosophy was to look for a couple days and then load up on Tuesday. So, we were kind of sad - but we still had a 10-20% discount upstairs. We also tossed around the idea of coming back up to New Windsor the Sale in November. SERRV has decided to only had a sale once a month for a week or so, instead of having the store downstairs open all the time.
"I knew that if SERRV was Brethren it had to be an acronym for something!" -JJ. (Oh, we had so many great quotes from this weekend!) When SERRV was established it stood for Sales Exchange for Refugee Rehabilitation and Vocation. Since then it has been changed to A Greater Gift and then back to SERRV. SERRV now represents the word "serve" as a verb of action.
We had some great Brethren Name Game moments too! JJ and Megan dominated in a couple rounds with a group from Juniata College.
The four of us worked with these really nice Lutheran Ladies. They were so sweet, but seriously witty and funny. One of them was named Lois and it reminded me of a friend I met at Annual Conference one year. They talked about their grandchildren a lot. I love that SERRV is a great place for people of all ages to volunteer! There were tables of Senior citizens, Jr and Sr highers, and middle aged people.
Today we worked on:
Perro Ornament
Katie's Note: These were an easy project. JJ and I inspected them. They were made of clay...so we had some casualties. Some puppies were decapitated or missing noses. Bless their hearts. There were only about 100 of these left over so we finished these in about an hour.
Ecuador: MCCH
In response to the rising costs of living in Ecuador during the 1980s, a group of faith-based communities organized to find a solution. The result was the formation of MCCH, a cooperative marketing organization which was started in 1985. Maquita Cushunchic Comercializando Como Hermanos, whose name is a mix of Quechua and Spanish and means “Let’s join hands and market as brothers”, represents 400 groups from all regions of Ecuador who produce both handcrafts and agricultural products.
Parrot Flute
Katie's Note: These require a lot of steps! We pull them from their boxes, inspect, price, wrap in bubble wrap, and then put them back in their boxes. These don't have too many casualties, they're made really well. But when you drop them on the floor...they may break.
Peru: Manos Amigas S.A.
Manos Amigas is a fair trade organization that works with small artisan organizations throughout Peru. By supporting artisans through training and finding markets for their products, they help to preserve the variety of handcraft traditions of Peru. Manos Amigas, which means "hands of friendship", gives twenty percent of its profits of help fund social welfare projects, like school scholarships, uniforms, and a feeding program for poor children.
Hoot Gord Container
Katie's Notes: These were so wonderful and unique! We loved opening these and seeing all the different shapes that they came in! The gords are all so different - from short squat owls to owls with skinny necks and round bodies. We worked on these until closing time and we still had some left over, so we worked on these Tuesday, too. The people who made these Owls also made the Parrot Flutes that we worked on.
Peru: Manos Amigas S.A.
Manos Amigas is a fair trade organization that works with small artisan organizations throughout Peru. By supporting artisans through training and finding markets for their products, they help to preserve the variety of handcraft traditions of Peru. Manos Amigas, which means "hands of friendship", gives twenty percent of its profits of help fund social welfare projects, like school scholarships, uniforms, and a feeding program for poor children.
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