April 2016 - Blog Post 1

On April 9, I volunteered with the Earth Day celebration at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Library. I helped to set up the booths for the numerous organizations that signed up for the affair. It was a very exciting experience because there were so many different groups that came to talk about how their organization helps the environment and how they contribute to preserving the planet. There were clubs from school there to talk about projects they were working on specifically aimed at helping the planet, groups there to talk about different animals and their habitats, and groups there to set up fun activities like animal face painting, games, etc. It was intriguing seeing the different booths, I felt like I learned so much just from helping the organizations set up and briefly viewing the actual information on display. I felt like I gained some time management and organizational skills because I had to help the lady in charge keep track of all of the groups set up and make sure things were going according to schedule. I also had to work on my feet, like when groups didn't show up or when the parking lot was jammed but overall I had a lot of fun and learned an incredible amount of cool new stuff about our planet!