For friendship and fellowship

There comes a time when we must all look back and see what we have done.  For Week 1 of SummitCorps, we constructed and finished over 2.5 miles of trail, we donated over  $1500 dollars to a local charity that will teach young children how to ride a bike on the trails we have built, and we have established friendships that will last a lifetime.

For Recreation day today, many of the participants went whitewater rafting down the New River Gorge National River.  The rafting trip was a lot of fun between the tricky rapids and finding time to swim in the flat water between some rapids.

Apart from whitewater rafting, there were options to go mountain biking, zip lining, or even relaxing and catching up on some sleep.

After the activities for the day, everyone went to a pig roast for some really good BBQ, fellowship, and  reflection upon their work.

The day ended with the closing show inside the drill hall due to rain. The show featured guest speakers from the Summit, the National Park Service, the West Virginia National Guard, as well as the National Chief and Vice-Chief of the OA, and the National Committee chairman.

After hearing about the impact SummitCorps had made in the past week and the path it had forged for the next three weeks, everyone circled up and sang the song of our order to close SummitCorps Week 1.