Power of One Project

Yesterday was an absolute amazing day! Lately, I've really been thinking about paying it forward and how one person can change the world. I want to start my own little project called "Project Power of One". I believe kindness is contagious and the human heart can do more things than all the money in the world. To start off my project I wanted to give back to our everyday heroes, the police officers and firefighters, who risk their lives to keep us safe. I decided to bake some cookies for them. (I know it's cliched but who doesn't like a good cookie?) I was going to do it alone but I decided it'd be pretty selfish of me not to include my youth group. After all, I want Project Power of One to move through my youth group and then spread like wildfire! The impromptu activity was a great success! The youth that could make it on such short notice really seemed to enjoy themselves. These kids have never done anything like this and it just made my day to include them in something so amazing. We went to two Athens, Texas, police departments and two fire stations. Although the larger police station declined the cookies,  for safety reasons, the smaller police station and fire stations accepted them appreciatively. One of the fire stations, who were extremely friendly, gave us a tour of their truck, gadgets, and allowed us to take as many pictures as we wanted. All in all, it was a splendid experience and I'm looking forward to seeing what we will accomplish in the future.

The first place we visited. This dispatcher was a sweet heart and seemed to be really touched.

Inside the back of the fire truck! We had to squeeze in. In hindsight, I should've ditched the shades, haha.

The fireman said, "Hey, pull that string." When I asked why he wouldn't tell me. Needless to say we all jumped when the horn shrilled! 

I'm just going to throw this out there: Those men were handsome!! 

My friend, Amanda, said it best, "Look at this firefighter driving the truck in a skirt and a flower halo!"

Aren't they so cute?

We decided to crowd in the Detention Center entrance and smile.  I'm telling you  we are just rebels, haha!

Love our faces! ;)