What’s Going On?

Edgewood Center for Children and Families is a non-profit organization that seeks assistance for kids that struggle through social, mental, abuse, neglect or family problems.

Several of my friends wanted to meet and help out the children of Edgewood. We all agreed to schedule a date where we could all commit to helping the needs of this organization. What we signed up for was fun, but not only that it was rewarding.

This is my second time at Edgewood and the program that we were involved with is called Breakfast Club. The volunteer session with Edgewood is a two and a half hour time commitment. The breakfast session is on a Saturday mornings from 8:30-11am. Volunteers for Breakfast Club are there to cook for the kids. There are three cottages and groups are divided up into teams of four. If there happens to be no volunteers the staff there would have to prepare the meal for the children. Thankfully, most of their Saturdays are booked in advanced and volunteer groups are more than welcomed to serving the children through this program or other various programs (dinner club, gardening club, fundraising events, etc).

I love cooking so this was on my number one things to do for the community. It’s been probably a few years since the last time I was here, but being back brought back so many fun memories. The memories were both of being able to cook alongside my friends and being able to cook for the kids that seem so happy to see new people. Some are quiet and some are very talkative, but in the end all the kids really want is love. I’m glad that I was able to be a part of it and I really do hope to book another session with them.

If you would like to find out more information, please visit their website at http://www.edgewood.org