End of the Year Wrap Up

So the year is coming to an end, and we are reflecting on all the things we've done so far. For example, all the weekend events we participated in. They were so much fun and a learning experience for all of us involved. We also took the chance to help the community. For example, we helped the senior center prepare their garden. They are throwing us all a BBQ on June 18th to show their appreciation. We also helped a brand new veterans housing facility plant their own rooftop garden. For our help, the manager will be thanking us with a pizza party that we are excited to have. It will be held on Friday June 8.

This past Saturday, on June 2nd, the new Riverfront Park opened, and of course we were there. We had a farm stand running there alongside the Junior Rangers who had a fun game for the kids to learn about how healthy natural foods are and how processing food affects nutrition. On Sunday June 3 we made our way to the Save Latin America Health Festival. There we also had a farm stand and our famous Junior Rangers were not far behind. Junior Rangers taught the kids there about cilantro and we even helped them plant there very own cilantro from seeds. Then they got to try it in the bean salsa dip. Everyone really enjoyed it.

This past year went by really quickly. One of our biggest achievements was getting the Jefferson Award for our youth service. Another one was the Senatorial Citation Award for our summer program completion. We also received an award for our completion of the Nutrition Program where we learned the importance of healthy living.

We might not blog for the next couple of weeks until our summer program begins again. Next week will be our last. We will go to Seaside Heights this Saturday for a beach cleanup and have an open mic night next Thursday. It is $2 and open to the public, so come share your talent and enjoy a fun evening with the community!

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Guacamole!

Today we went over to Georgia King Village. When we first arrived, we went to the garden to weed and water. It started raining so our time in the garden was shortened.

We then went inside, and the first thing the kids did was wash their hands. Soon after they were all finished and we began to play a recycling game.

In the game we had three different catagories, Cardboard, Paper and Plastic. We pulled several items out of a bag and the kids had to put the items in their appropiate category. The game went pretty well.

After the game we made guacamole with the kids. They were surprised at the pit in the middle, and they thought that the avocado looked gross. Still, ost of them thought they would like the snack, and it turned out that many of them did. They all got to try it with tortilla chips, and many of them loved it.