See It: The Community being helped

See It: The Community being helped

One beautiful, sunny, afternoon in May, the DO SOMETHING club gathered in the back of Brooks Elementary school to perform a wonderful service for a worthy cause. Jennifer's Garden was started several years ago to honor one of our teacher's daughter, Jennifer, who was killed in an automobile accident. The garden was in need of clean up and re-planting ... which is exactly what we did. We asked for donations from Do Something members, and received over 40 plants that had been discarded or divided. These plants were planted by the Do Something kids. We watered, and hoped to watch them grow. Additionally, we weeded the gardens, cleaned up garbage, and trimmed some bushes. A great time was had by all.....even the bunnies who feasted on a few of the plants after we left! We hope that Jennifer's Garden continues to be a beautiful memorial for Jennifer for years to come.

See It: The Community being helped

At Paint Lick Elementary, the children in the After School Program thought it would be a good idea to plant several trees around the school to improve our educational environment! So we got promission from our principal to plant seven trees all around our school. We picked out seven different areas that our trees would grow well in! One nice pretty day we went outside and dug holes and planted our trees. We water them if needed and watch them grow every week. Even though planting a few trees doesn't seem like a very big deal, the kids had fun being outside and playing in dirt and mud. they had to work togehter to properly plant the trees and they just enjoied the warm weather! They learned that trees give us oxgen to breath and we give them carbon dioxide. They learned the importance of our environment and all we need to do to protect it. So even though it may seem like only a small something the kids knew that they had atleast did something that would make a difference in our world. Even if it was only a small one.March