Today South Jersey Service Learning took a trip to one of New Jersey’s hidden gems, Camden’s Children’s Garden. While there, the team met the enthusiastic staff who is ecstatic for their opening Saturday. The volunteers from MFS assisted with various tasks such as raking, collecting trash, and planting flowers throughout the garden. While working,...
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Clean-Up and Water Quality Survey at Newton Lake
In Collingswood, NJ, South Jersey Service partnered with South Jersey Land and Water Trust (SJLWT) to pick up trash around Newton Lake. We collected beer bottles, takeout bags, wrappers, plastic, and more among the leaves and mud surrounding the lake. Afterwards, an organizer of the SJLWT collected water samples with macro-invertebrates to educate us...
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SJS Goes to The Pine Barrens!
Today we went to the Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge in Medford. We started off the day by seeing some of the animals up close and going on a tour of the area. During the tour we learned about Cedar Run and what they do. Many animals that arrive at the hospital there are...
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Today our day started out with testing and making prototypes for Youth Engineering and Science (YES). YES travels around to different recreation centers in under-resourced neighborhoods of Philadelphia to bring children opportunities to experiment in the fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). We repaired carts to test safety features that can be...
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First Day of South Jersey Service a Double Header!
Students had the choice of volunteering at the United Methodist Community of Collingswood, or helping St. Mary’s Episcopal Church of Haddon Heights prepare for the local March of Our Lives, which it is co-sponsoring tomorrow. Student bloggers weigh in on each activity. United Methodist Community of Collingswood Today we went to the UM...
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