semester of my junior year, the spring semester.” She started with the organization in January of 2021 with a partner other than Laney. But in the fall of 2021, she teamed up with Laney, after her first partner couldn’t make the commitment due to scheduling. Laney said he started at Auburn during the pandemic and wanted to find some way to get involved. “I feel like this is a good chance for [Jordan] to get out,” he said. “… getting to see the way that others grow up and are mentored lets me be an example.” “It’s been really fun for me to get to know these kids and see them every week, it really is the highlight of my week I would definitely say,” Lemel said. “We spend a lot of time outside. We come here a lot, they love [The Kreher Preserve and Nature Center] … they love all the trails, they love to just run and hang out.” Jordan said his favorite thing to do with Lemel and Laney is just to play. Lemel and Laney also take Jordan and Bella to the Project Uplift events, like the Valentine’s Day Party or the Fall Festival. “I think that [Project Uplift] just changes your entire outlook on life,” Lemel said. “Number one, just to hang out with kids, like I said, it just makes life so much less serious and so much less stressful. And then also, just to give kids, who might be less fortunate than you are the opportunity to have a friend in you and see how life, even though it might be different for a lot of people, they can still end up wherever they want to be. “And also, for the good youth/Auburn connection. I think
that at the end of the day, you are someone that they look up to tremendously and so you end up inspiring a lot of who they want to be, or what they want to be when they’re older. So I think just any opportunity to kind of invest in the next generation is something that you should look forward to as a college student and beyond.”
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