Christ Made Ministries

Many of the kids know that we try to keep our complex clean. Often I, Patti, am picking up glass near the playground and on/near sidewalks. I always explain that I don’t want anyone to get hurt and that it’s not good for anyone to leave their trash on the ground. When I see the kids throw their trash on the ground, I remind them and ask them to go throw it in their trash can.

Sometimes, kids will knock on our door with pieces of glass in their hands. While this is not the safest or my favorite, I always thank them. When we aren’t home, they leave it on our back windowsill.

When there is a lot of glass from bottles or busted windows, I take a doubled bag outside and get to work. Last week, 7 kids wanted to help! Raven ran inside and got them all bags. We worked hard in the sun for almost an hour picking up trash and glass.

At the end, each kid gave me their bag so I could make sure it was safely disposed of and thanked them for all of their hard work cleaning up where we live.