BLAZE IS THERE FOR GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY

Blaze members volunteered their Saturday morning to lend a hand at Norfolk Botanical Gardens as part of Global Youth Service Day. Wonderfully coordinated by Volunteer Hampton Roads, our youth helped plant over 2000 daffodil bulbs and hauled and spread mulch for a garden walkway. Global Youth Service Day is a national event meant to instill in young people the spirit of volunteerism. I was very proud of our youth because they really worked hard and represented our church well. As it turned out, the youth received two t-shirts that day: one for Blaze Youth Ministries and the other for Global Youth Service Day (see photos above). Even though we did not get a chance to see the nest of the two bald eagles, I was told the park folks were expecting their egg to hatch the day we were there (and it did I now know). Many thanks to Marisa Stratton and Kristen Nelson of Volunteer Hampton Roads and the great staff at Norfolk Botanical Gardens.