After school on Thursday I accompanied a group of students from our high school to a center in the city that works with immigrants, homeless, addicts and other needy peoples in the area.  Students from the school have been volunteering there every Thursday for the past couple of years.  The organization is called Sermig.  Sermig is housed in an old military arsenal that is now called the "Arsenal of Peace".  Cheesy but sincere.  It's a semi religious organization that has branches in Brasil and Jordan.  They have youth programs, a hospital, an immigrant help center, tutoring, homeless beds, battered women's center, name it, they do it.  The people who work there make me feel very inadequate.  They are tireless volunteers or employees making diddily-squat but who are so happy to be doing what they do.  I am a slug.  xxoo

Entrance

clothing distribution

Our kids walking to packaging area