Hearts and Hammers Volunteers, before and after!

Hearts and Hammers is a lot of fun, but it's also a lot of work.  Though most of the volunteers and coordinators are well seasoned veterons and not easily frazzled, there are some of us that get stressed perhaps a little more than we need to! 

Hearts and Hammers Mascot and Volunteer before.

After just one day of jack hammering and dealing with the rain and the mud, pounding with a sledge hammer, children asking questions, multiple trucks and trailers in and out, large rocks falling, dozens of people, digging and shoveling, moving gravel and banging ladders, some of us feel much older than a day ago!

Hearts and Hammers Volunteer after!!

But the reality is I haven't had so much fun in a day that left me with such a feeling of accomplishment, satisfaction and community since last year at Hearts and Hammers 2010!