There are no true words to describe the emotions and feelings of both sides of the spectrum, Friday afternoon at The Legacy. It’s hard to recreate the feelings students had while giving back to the community, or in this case, a well known retirement home in Staunton. The seniors of Robert E. Lee High School, who signed up for this project, travelled to The Legacy during community service hours on their homecoming week to make a difference in the residents lives. Government teacher and senior class sponsor, Molly Stinespring, was asked ‘Why the Legacy?”, and her response was “We just randomly chose them last Spring and will continue our relationship with them.” The set-up for this trip was to play tailgate games with them and get them involved with each other and other seniors from Lee. The residents slowly swarmed in to our activities but once things got started, the smiles on their faces were priceless to us. Mrs. Stinespring also said, “they could not wait for us to come back, There were many opportunities for students to do community service at The Legacy all year long. We will again be sharing with them at the Senior-Senior Prom held in Spring.” Soon, the room was filled with laughter as the seniors participated in activities such as: throwing beach balls into baskets, cornhole, blowing bubbles, taking pictures together, dancing and singing, throwing the ring onto the cones, and playing velcro handball. Before lunch time, all of the seniors danced around the residents to songs we all know, Watch Me Whip (Nae Nae), and Cha Cha Slide. After the dance, the music was changed and students  went around to dance with the residents, and anybody who was there will know that the amount of smiles present in the room was truly heartwarming. Before lunch time, the senior prom king Max Lockridge, gave a little speech about how thankful they all were that we came back and made them feel important. Lunch time was important to the Lee High seniors in regards to travelling around the dining room making conversation with the residents of The Legacy. One of the most special moments for a few students were following the senior prom queen, Dot (Dorothy Brill), to her apartment. Inside Dot’s apartment there were many pictures of her past life and siblings, and there were many stories told about her career and family. The community service came to an end around 12, but the fun did not. Dot and Max were invited to sit on the senior’s parade float for the homecoming football game. The parade went around the front of The Legacy to wave to the residents and while the float circled around all of the smiling faces, the residents sprayed Lee seniors with silly string and their faces told it all, they were so excited to have the Lee seniors visit. The gratitude from the residents was simply amazing but the seniors were just doing what they wanted to do, and wanted to give back and make others feel important and loved. “It feels wonderful knowing that you made someone’s day in just a few hours of fun with them, I can’t wait to go back again,” says Government teacher Mrs. Stinespring during an interview. Lee seniors will continue this relationship with the residents and staff members hopefully for years and years to come.