By: Rex, Olivia, and Jenetta Today we visited Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge! The organization facilitates environmental education, wildlife rehabilitation, and conservation. Our guide, Frank, showed us around the property, which contains almost 3 miles of hiking trails. He led us into the area where there are enclosures for animals that have injuries or conditions...
Continue readingSouth Jersey Service Day Four: BookSmiles and Lower School Buddies
By: Kari, Ali, Levy, Jaretzi “You have a superpower, and if you can figure out at this time in your life that it is important to serve other people other than yourself, there is no other feeling like it in the world. Giving back will make you wealthy.” -Larry Abrams To begin the day,...
Continue readingSouth Jersey Service, Day Three: Palmyra Cove
By Kaden, Declan, Charlie, and Arjun Our visit to the Palmyra Nature Cove was a day dedicated entirely towards stewardship; stewardship is a Quaker value that urges actions of physical service in an attempt to preserve the world around us. We started by cutting down invasive vines that had begun to choke out native...
Continue readingSouth Jersey Service Day Two: Volunteering for Urban Promise
To us, we realize the more you help those in need, the more you are able to push back against the narrative of the “beyond hope” city. Today, our service work goes beyond just labor, but it impacts individuals in a community that isn’t as fortunate as ours. In all, we loved helping at...
Continue readingSouth Jersey Service, Day One: Food Bank of South Jersey
“Only a life lived for others is worth living.” — Albert Einstein Bloggers: AP Calculus BC ( Betty+Catherine ) New start for 2026’s South Jersey Service!!! Today, we went to Food Bank of South Jersey to help sort and package food supplies that were donated to the food bank from different companies. In there,...
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