The past few Saturdays I have had the pleasure of working with a bunch of wonderful kids. They are members of the high school band, and we have been holding car washes to raise funds for band trips. These kids really work hard!
This week it came into focus how keeping kids busy helps keep them out of trouble. One of the cars the kids washed was a very nice later model vehicle that had been pelted with eggs the night before. With temps in the 90's even in the morning, you can imagine those eggs were baked on hard. It took almost 30 minutes for the kids to get the egg mess scraped and cleaned off the car.
Then it struck me: I was witnessing a bunch of good kids fixing what bad kids had done.
It is so much better to create than destroy, to clean than to mess up. I hope the days of working at these simple car washes help these kids to remain focused on activities that can help make this world just a little bit better.
Film Clip Friday: Kids working at the car wash.
1 comment:
Two things strike me:
1) Unnecessary vandalism creates additional unnecessary labour.
2) Crime (albeit misdemeanor) creates economic activity.
The owner of the car is the biggest loser (of $$), unless they would have gotten their car washed anyways.
Always nice to see good. Doesn't make the bad any easier to take but, I suppose, it helps. A bit.
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