This year's Hill Center Summer School students completed a service project to benefit Durham s Community Café, one of the many outreach services provided by Urban Ministries of Durham. The Community Café serves three meals a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year to shelter guests and anyone else in need of a hot meal.

Over the course of a week, the summer students each brought in two loaves of bread, one pound of bologna, and one package of individually-wrapped American cheese slices. On Friday, July 9, after thorough hand washing and sanitizing, the students had the opportunity to hear a brief presentation from the Community Café s Volunteer Coordinator, Fran Morin, before all 76 students came together and in 30 minutes assembled over 1,000 bologna and cheese sandwiches.  Each sandwich was then carefully placed in individual Ziploc bags. This was an exciting community service opportunity for our students as it provided a hands-on activity where the students could immediately see how in a very short time, their working together could help so many people in need.