Sixth Floor Museum's Youth Summit

Today was the JFK Corps Youth Summit.  Caleb and other members of the Sixth Floor Museum’s Youth Advisory Committee invited youth volunteers from the Dallas Heritage Village, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and World Affairs Council of Dallas/Ft. Worth.

The kids heard from motivational speaker Raul Magdaleno.  As a youth, Raul accumulated over 30,000 hours of community service since the age of thirteen.  As a result he earned the US Congressional Award Gold Medal, the highest civilian award for youth given by the United States Congress.

The youth attending the Summit brought school supplies to be donated to Reconciliation Outreach’s Back to School Bash that serves hundreds of families in East Dallas.  Reconciliation Outreach all runs “The Refuge,” a shelter for battered women and children in East Dallas since 2001.  Reconciliation Outreach is one of the largest privately funded non-profits in the Greater Dallas area offering low-income housing, elementary school, community soup kitchen, separate single women and men homeless shelters, a Children’s and Youth Recreation Center and a multi-story non-profit leasing center.

Following a morning of inspiration on ways the youth can give back to the community the youth then headed over to Reconciliation Outreach to serve.  Caleb and his group worked on washing and cleaning vehicles, others painted and cleaned.

You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 19:9