Hey there! The past few days have been very long and busy. We have morning meetings at 9 AM, where our facilitator Megan organizes the plans for the rest of the day. We've spent most of our mornings out in the garden with one of the long-term volunteers, Jordan. We've helped weed the garden, plant starters and flowers, transfer vegetable sprouts, and we're working on building a compost bin. We get lunch at noon and afterwards we split up; some of us work with the older kids at the teen center (ages 13 +) and some others work with the children at the Main (ages 4 - 12). We help set out snacks and those working at the Main make dinner for the younger kids. There are a lot of activities we've helped out with and put together, and then we close by 9 PM. We clean the whole center and then get back to our living quarters, the center's library. It's been rigorous, but super fun along the way. We've met a lot of nice people - the coordinators at the site, the long-term volunteers, families on the Reservation and their kids who visit the center.
Sukhee and Meagan helping out in the garden
Paige and Jordan are making signs for Saturday's art fair
Going on an adventure to get some wood pallets for a compost bin we're helping to build. We rode in the bed of a truck on the way to the dump, where we did uncover a few pallets :)
The view from the truck
Making seed bombs. We'll be doing an activity with the kids where we throw these into a space behind the garden where we hope wildflowers will sprout up.
Cooking with one of the long term volunteers, Alexa (on right). We made enchiladas for the Cinco de Mayo party with the younger kids.
Being festive and having fun celebrating Cinco de Mayo
Playing with balloons at the party!
Chaos reigns after the piñata has been struck down
Peace,
Meagan, Pranavi, Paige, Sukhee & Jordan
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