before anyone says anything let me just say that the router on campus has been acting stupid and hasn't been letting anyone on blogspot. so, i've tried multiple times to update but it hasn't let me.
so, here's my recap!
the past two weeks have been spent at project c.u.r.e. which is such an amazing place. they take used/old/outdated medical equipment and clean it and then sort it and send it to third world countries that can't afford things. it's so amazing and i know without a doubt that it's making a difference.
we spent most of our time in the warehouse where we sorted the supplies. they were four months behind on sorting and we got them to three months. it was so cool!
i also went to two events at two different schools were i told people about americorps. it was really fun to get a break and to meet people my age. it was awesome and we met a lot of cool people.
thursday was our last day at work and we went to lunch with our sponsor and then went back to campus where our team did secret santa. i got three disney princess games! hahaha
thursday, all the teams returned to campus and it was great getting to see everyone again. and friday, we had meetings with our teams, unit and all the other units and then friday night people started leaving.
saturday morning i left campus at four am and headed to the airport and back to sc!
now i'm here! :) it's wonderful!
that was a really quick over view of two weeks...
xoxo,
B
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
week three recap
ok, so i'm still behind with my blog but again i say, better late than never!
this past week was our last week working at bluff lake nature center. of course, denver stuck to it's normal ways and the weather was all over the place.
monday, we spent the morning working on debarking the logs we'd gotten the week before in order to start working on the railing for the stairs. a couple of us spent some time going ahead and digging holes for the posts. that afternoon we headed to the denver food bank because it was seriously cold outside. we spent the afternoon filling boxes with non-perishable foods that would be sent out to people who needed them.
tuesday morning, we headed to a suburb in denver where we split into teams of two and were each assigned a few streets where we had to go door to door handing out pamphlets. there's an organization called the mile high million and they plan on giving out one million trees by 2020 to neighborhoods that are poor. the tree will help brighten up the neighborhoods, add value and just bring beauty. that afternoon, we headed back to bluff lake where we continued to debark trees.
wednesday, we spent the day working on the railing. some of us debarked and others put it together. wednesday night, our team headed off to jumpstreet. this is a big building with a ton of trampolines. it was so much fun! and it didn't even feel like pt! until thursday... then i felt the pain!
thursday was our last day at bluff lake. we spent it debarking the final logs and getting as much done on the railing as possible. unfortunately, we didn't get to finish the whole thing but we got really close and a few of us plan on returning to get the job done before we leave for break. that afternoon, we had a bonfire before we left. we made smores and took group photos for our last day together at the park.
friday, we went to the greenway again and we spent our final day painting trees so beavers wouldn't chew them down and cutting down the dern russian olive trees that have taken over denver!
oh, and for lunch on friday, our two sponsors (chris from bluff lake and caroline from the greenway) took us to lunch at a cute little restaurant called charlotte's web! it was fun!
overall, i felt like our time at bluff lake nature center was well spent. i know the waste barrier will help for years and years to come and even if people don't notice it or know what it does at least they'll notice how clean the park is. the railing is wonderful to me and was probably my favorite project. while debarking those trees, i couldn't stop thinking about how i was just one of the first few to touch it. the chain of hands those logs will go through is amazing; starting with the man who chopped them down, my team who traveled to the mountains to get them and then spent days debarking and setting them up and then all the millions of hands that will touch that railing for help up those stairs. it's an amazing thought to me.
xoxo,
B
this past week was our last week working at bluff lake nature center. of course, denver stuck to it's normal ways and the weather was all over the place.
monday, we spent the morning working on debarking the logs we'd gotten the week before in order to start working on the railing for the stairs. a couple of us spent some time going ahead and digging holes for the posts. that afternoon we headed to the denver food bank because it was seriously cold outside. we spent the afternoon filling boxes with non-perishable foods that would be sent out to people who needed them.
tuesday morning, we headed to a suburb in denver where we split into teams of two and were each assigned a few streets where we had to go door to door handing out pamphlets. there's an organization called the mile high million and they plan on giving out one million trees by 2020 to neighborhoods that are poor. the tree will help brighten up the neighborhoods, add value and just bring beauty. that afternoon, we headed back to bluff lake where we continued to debark trees.
wednesday, we spent the day working on the railing. some of us debarked and others put it together. wednesday night, our team headed off to jumpstreet. this is a big building with a ton of trampolines. it was so much fun! and it didn't even feel like pt! until thursday... then i felt the pain!
B
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
PNOLA
today the team leaders got to draw to pick what spike projects we have for round two.
my team is going to new orleans!
we're working with a project called phoenix of new orleans which is a lot like habitat for humanity. it's a much much much smaller group than habitat and was started after the massive hurricanes came through.
the staff is actually made up of some americorps people.
it's mission is to rebuild one neighborhood and so far i think they have built like fifty homes.
here's a link to the official pnola website
www.pnola.org
i'm really excited about this new start and all the people we'll meet, things we'll learn and stuff we'll get done.
i can't lie though, i'm most excited to finally get to stay in the south for a little while :)
i'll update my blog again at the end of the week!
have a great one yall!
xoxo,
B
my team is going to new orleans!
we're working with a project called phoenix of new orleans which is a lot like habitat for humanity. it's a much much much smaller group than habitat and was started after the massive hurricanes came through.
the staff is actually made up of some americorps people.
it's mission is to rebuild one neighborhood and so far i think they have built like fifty homes.
here's a link to the official pnola website
www.pnola.org
i'm really excited about this new start and all the people we'll meet, things we'll learn and stuff we'll get done.
i can't lie though, i'm most excited to finally get to stay in the south for a little while :)
i'll update my blog again at the end of the week!
have a great one yall!
xoxo,
B
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