Thank you, MTCES!
Volunteers are the backbone of our program and Pause simply would not exist without their ongoing support. The students from Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School (MTCES) are no exception! Several junior high students from MTCES have been so committed to Pause that they’ve served with Unlimited and Family Fun events to fulfill their service obligations for the past several YEARS!
This year, those not-so-young volunteers are serving on their student council and advocated for Pause to be selected as one of the recipients of the school’s “Wacky Wednesday” charity. Basically, the council selects one charity per month and students are allowed to bring in $1 to dress in the month’s theme instead of their school uniform. The students presented about Pause, their experience serving with us and we were selected to be recipients in April!
Over the years, the students have had so much fun at Pause that they chose to celebrate Pause in a Hawaiian theme… because obviously nothing says FUN quite like that! Taylor Giltner, Director of Unlimited, stood before the school at morning announcements and shared with the students how the money donated would help us bring rest, support, connection and fun to the children we serve at Pause. As the day concluded, the MTCES Student Council was proud to announce they raised $400! We couldn’t love that more!
“The children we serve in the Unlimited ministry on Sundays LOVE having the junior high students come from Mother Teresa and so do I! It's a great way for the MTCES students to live out their faith by helping to teach the Bible lessons, and the kids really enjoy having the teens get down on the floor and play with them. MTCES students have stepped into leadership roles coming in small groups of friends for our larger holiday events at Christmas and Easter and have run some of our game stations. It's been a great leadership opportunity for them and has been a great help for us at our events!”
- Taylor Giltner, Director of Unlimited
The students at MTCES had this to share:
“I chose Pause as the charity to donate to because I can see firsthand how it benefits our community and how it really changes lives.”
“I chose to serve at Pause because it warms my heart every time I get to see the staff and kids that are at Pause. I love how the staff is very nice and the kids are super fun to play with. I have created great bonds between the kids and I that will last forever. I look forward to going to Pause every Sunday with my sister and classmates. I greatly appreciate Pause and all the work it does to impact the world.”
“I like serving because Pause is fun and it makes the kids happy.”
A big thank you to all the students at MTCES for generously donating to Pause and a special shout out to Skylar, Madelyn, JoJo, and Macie for not only serving with Pause over the years, but advocating for your council to give back to our kiddos! We are so lucky to have you because, well, we are better together.
This is CAN DO. This is COMMUNITY. This is YOUR SUPPORT.
