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a day in the parkShantih holds service project functionThe ladies of Shantih social club brought a new idea tolight when they merged service projects and functions.Typically, clubs kept these two activities separate, butthese ladies decided that did not always have to be the case.Shantih’s first experience with combining a service projectand function happened a few years ago when they had their“Bowling for Soup” function.“We decided to combine a bowling function with a cannedfood drive,” senior Kristi Kridlo, president of Shantih, said.“In order to participate in the bowling, you had to bring atleast two canned food items for the can drive.On Oct. 11, the members of Shantih had their secondfunction with the purpose of serving others while still spendingtime together as a club. The function/service project wassuggested by Shantih’s activities director, senior Katie Parker,who thought it would be a good idea to do a function forothers, not just themselves.The service aspect of the function was for the club tointeract with children from Searcy Children’s Home and localfoster children. Members played games, tie-dyed shirts andate pizza with the children.“One of our sponsors, Penny McGlawn, used to be themom at the Searcy Children’s [Home] and I thought we coulduse that resource [to] reach out to the community and havea great time,” Parker said.The parents involved were very appreciative of the cluband their efforts in providing activities to the children.“It was a way that foster parents could get a little breakand a way [for us] to reach out to the children and show themsome of the love they may miss out on in their normal dayto-daylife, “ senior Farron Martin said.Martin said they were trying to do as many service projectsas they could to benefit people from the community andkeep Shantih aware of what they were really supposed to befocused on, which was God’s work.“The purpose of our club is service and love,” Parker said.“We think that is very important to be of service to others,and we focus a lot on that.”By adding service project elements, Shantih redefined themeaning and purpose of functions.“A function is a great time to bond with your sisters,but there are more important things,” Kirdlo said. “Thereis nothing like a smile of a young child, and we got a bunchof smiles that day.”Allison Weaver252 social clubs