Twenty-five Charleston Southern students were involved in community missions Nov. 3. Sixteen of those students joined with several members from Charleston Baptist Association and Ravenel First Baptist Church and headed to a local mobile home park.
CSU student Melissa Smith spends Saturday morning sorting and packing food items at the Lowcountry Food Bank.As soon as the group arrived and set up shop for bicycle repairs, the children began to gather. Playing games and connecting with the children was the order of the day.
Junior political science major and SGA vice president Spencer Chaffin was part of that group. “It was just a few hours out of our day,” said Chaffin, “and we had a great time putting smiles on the children’s faces.”
Another group of students spent the morning at the Lowcountry Food Bank, a clearing house for donated food located in Charleston. Their time was well spent sorting and boxing food items. Boxes from the food bank are distributed to hungry people in 10 coastal counties from North Carolina to Georgia.
These two missions endeavors were a part of Catalyst, a service project initiative that encourages students to be involved in community missions.
According to Corey Humphries, Catalyst program director, there are plans to continue the ministry in the mobile home community, which includes putting up a basketball goal.