Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Green Team Students Going to Chicago
Members of Green Team Southwestern will be participating in a service learning trip to Chicago May 9-17.
“The Green Team does a service learning trip every year and this year we are going to Chicago,” says Green Team director Jason Speegle. “We are going to be working at Riverwoods Christian Camp, which is a camp for underprivileged kids in the Chicago area.”
Speegle says that the Green Team will help prepare the camp for summer usage by painting, landscaping, wood chopping, and trail paving among other things. The Green Team will also be attending the Chicago Green Festival on May 14.
“This is an opportunity for our students to experience, serve, and learn from a community and culture that is different from Winfield and the surrounding area,” Speegle says. “We plan to do some hard work, have a lot of fun, and grow as individuals and as a team.”
Students attending the trip are Clint Dick, Spivey; Sydnee Nelson, Clay Center; Sarah Rommelfanger, Baldwin City; Daniel Van Sickle, Maize; Kelcie Parrish, Oklahoma City; Mark Strecker, Tonkawa, Okla.; and Tendai Kwaramba, Zimbabwe.
Alex Gottlob from Gottlob Lawn and Landscape in Winfield will accompany the students along with Speegle.
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ReplyDeleteThis was a wonderful experience, and we all really did grow personally and as a team. It was incredible to work side by side with people I had known for a long time and people I had just met, and get along with everyone so well. The best part was feeling like we were all contributing to something that was so much bigger than any of the individuals that made it possible.
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