How to Build a Book Buddy

The Bible story for the camp was the life of Old Testament Joseph and how he persevered and used wisdom given to him by God. He used organizational skills to store grain so that people across the land would have food during the famine. God provided more than a few organizational skills for the OBC team.  Only by God's blessing could 50 children sand, assemble, paint, and decorate their personal bookshelves. 



I'm not sure which part of the project was most enjoyed by the children. They loved sanding and especially when Mr. Bud guided them with hands-on electric sander.  They had a ball choosing which color to use for their book buddy shelf---yellow, blue, pink, green, cream color--beautiful colors all. Mrs. Barbara was the keeper of the paint pots--we didn't waste a drop!

Boys Like Yellow

Ms Lynn, Mary, Mattie, Stacey, and other volunteers helped transfer paint from brushes to wood.  A couple of our men--Jack, Bud and Jason worked hard with lifting, organizing, and placing the bookshelves in orderly rows for painting.

Everyone loves the idea of making something and personalizing it as your very own project. Adding names, designs, and stickers was fun and important for the children. Of course none of this would have happened without God's providing Helena volunteer, Mr. Bill Coad who cut out all the bookshelf pieces.