Although it was a long day of tree planting at Stewart Middle School, I couldn't have been happier with my volunteering. I always knew tree planting was something special and fun, but I never knew what an impact it would have on myself. Although I did not grow up at Stewart Middle School, I grew up around it and at the many other schools the Norristown School District has. Seeing how run down and depressing they often looked I was extremely excited to beautify this area. Not only did I care a lot about the tree planting, but it was awesome to see how trees were actually planted. Especially since we had just learned about trees and how they effect our area. Unlike my experiences at greensaw, I asked little questions and focused deeply on planting the trees and observing how the land would transform for future. We planted over 60 trees all along the middle schools back yard. The back yard of the middle school also surrounded many community members who I spoke to and they were excited to have these trees. "It's going to make the school and the area so much more beautiful and it's going to be beautiful to watch the trees grow over the years" said neighbor Carol Brown.
Overall my experience was my favorite volunteering experience so far, I really focused on taking great care of these trees while we planted them. I also enjoyed working with many people in the community whom I had never meet before. I'm also interested in seeing how the trees grow under ground over the years, one community member mentioned he wished we could film the roots growing underground to show students exactly how these trees will grow over the years.
Logan Wilson :)
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