October 16th: Cloudview Farm & Ephrata Food Bank

Dear Blog,

Today we returned to Cloudview Farm and helped with the Lil’ Sprouts preschool programs. We painted birdhouses, participated in a story time led by a local librarian and played with the students on the playground. The highlight of our time was making homemade apple juice from fresh apples using an old fashioned apple press with Jim.


Farmer Jim using the apple press

Painting with preschoolers

The Lil' Sprouts Preschool Class

We also went to the Ephrata Food Bank. Phyllis, the director of the Food Bank, greeted us and introduced us to her team. After she gave us a tour, and a KitKat bar, we started bagging potatoes, apples and onions. As we were working, we noticed that it was exceptionally well organized. All the people working there were very inviting as well. Right after we finished with the work, Phyllis gave us more treats- Caramel Ice cream bars. Overall it was an incredible experience and felt really good to do something helpful for the community.


Kiskoli, Sophia & Ani at the Ephrata Food Bank

After we arrived back at camp, we set up a volleyball game- girls versus boys. Tension rose as the serve soared over the net, from then on it was high stakes. Every pass, set, and spike counted. The boys were leading 15-10, but the girls were slowly catching up. An incredible couple of saves by Sophia brought the score up to 21-21. You could feel the nervousness in the air. The game ended as a misinterpreted set fell to the ground. It was over, and the girls won 25-23.


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