The last day of class we played a remarkable game. The game was to stand in a circle and reflect on the semester with the youth from the IICONN center. There was a ball of yarn and it was thrown around the circle and connected every Fairfield Student and every IICONN youth member to each other. When the yarn came to you, the idea was to say something that you enjoyed about the service learning experience.

Many of the answers were: I am glad I made new friends, I loved to play ping-pong, I enjoyed beating Danny at pool, or the dancing was fun. By the time that the last person received the yarn we were all connected. But, the most remarkable thing was the fact that before we even passed the ball of yarn around, we were already connected. Over the 10 weeks of the semester, I was able to create relationships with a community that I had never thought I could. I stepped out of my shell and formed bonds and learned so much from these children, and I was blessed to hear that they had done the same.