I never really realized how valuable my community service was until the last Coe Friends of the semester. The original plan was to take the children to Planet X and have a fun filled afternoon so that they would have a good end to the semester and give them a god start to their winter break. As nature would have it, the plans would end up completely different. That day, several inches of snow fell and we wondered if this exciting trip would take place. The group of Coe students awaited the call from the group leader telling us that the trip had been canceled, but the call came from our leader telling us that the trip was still on. So we piled into a car and began our journey. After about 20 minutes in the car and only a mile later, we receive the call from the leader telling us that by the time that we would arrive, the children would only have ten or so minutes to play, so there would be no point in trying to get to the place. Later that evening, the leader told us about how disappointed the kids were that they would not have the fun filled afternoon that they were promised. How felt so horrible for the kids because they had been looking forward to this trip all semester. They had been looking forward to not only playing games, but also getting to play them with us students from Coe. I never realized how much these kids looked to us for consistency in their lives. They have us in their lives for one hour, one day a week, but that hour a week makes such an impact on them. They have shown me that even the slightest amount of attention is extremely valuable and my time commitment to this organization is extremely worth it.