Work Day Three

Well today our group, for the first time this week were all together working on a site. We worked at The Victory Gardens operated and funded by the group ARC which raises funds for the mentally disabled. I personally worked on uprooting a bunch of adolescent trees. The largest tree was a medium sized one some of them were 7 1/2 - 8 feet tall. We took down 224 trees in all. And my favorite part of the day had to have been speeding around Louisiana looking for a bathroom for Jacob and I while the rest of the group ate Sno-balls.

- Ben

Today, The group and I went to a garden to work. The garden is part of the foundation of ARC. The ARC foundation helps the mentally and physically disabled. We were separated into many different groups and many of the groups did gardening. My group weeded and it took FOREVER. We got to work side by side with many of the people from the foundation. What I thought was very sweet was how they pick their workers. All of their members are either mentally or physically disabled and it was really fun working with them. So, that was my day. Bye. 

- Dylan

Today, we all went to the same place for the first time this whole trip. When we arrived at  Victory Gardens, I had know idea that the garden was run by ARC. The workers were all mentally or physically disabled, which I thought was really cool. When we finally started working I had the same job as Ben, uprooting a ton of trees. In all we uprooted 224 trees. By the end of the job sweat was literally sliding of my face. It was probably the sweatiest I’ve ever been in my life. My favorite part of the day would probably have been uprooting the trees because it was easy to goof off and work at the same time. Plus we found some really cool stuff: a huge spider, geckos, a hornet, giant grass hoppers, and a big flying beetle.

-Nolan

This was the first time I worked outside on this trip.  We helped The ARC Foundation’s farm, by helping the other workers pull weeds in-between crops. A couple of days before we helped the ARC Foundation sort Mardi Gras beads, and now we moved to their farm. Most of the workers had a intellectual disability, and worked there to get them ready to find jobs elsewhere. While the work day went on, the sun stayed behind the clouds and the temperature stayed relatively cool. The work was tedious, and tiresome and I really respect people who do that day after day. 

-Reid