Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Keep Columbus Beautiful!



After participating in today's community clean up event, please reflect on your experience by writing a 2-3 paragraph essay. In this essay, please include a description of your experience and how you felt during and after the clean-up event. In addition to this, please tell us about any future community service projects you would like to pursue and how you would accomplish this. 

For more information about how to get invovled please visit: 




KCB Forms and Resources

11 comments:

  1. i think it was messed up that there was trash near trash can people are just lazy to just put it in it like serirously people just put it in the trash -_-

    ReplyDelete
  2. I had a good time today doing the clean up. I was in a group with Dequan, Ashley, Zoe, and Mr. Owens. We not only walked the streets but also went through several alleys collecting trash. It was fun exploring around the school and seeing the homes and different types of people living in the neighborhood.
    Throughout our journey, we encountered residents of the community who were thankful for our work. Our group collected a lot of trash, some of it was very old trash, which shows that we need to do this more often! As we began approaching the school, I could see a difference between what the neighborhood looked like prior to our clean up. I am very proud of the staff and students who took the time to keep our community clean. If we all do our small part, we can make the whole world beautiful!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Today when I went to do community service with Ms.Jones I felt and and hot at first. It was very hot at first and it felt like you were getting no where. I also was getting grossed out by all the dead animals I seen, The trash was very disguising and I really was not interested in it at all but I knew it was doing a job for the community. But through the end it felt well.

    As I progressed with the trash I started to feel a little better. It started not to be so hot and sticky because I was focused on getting the trash out the streets, No its not really something I would do on a regular but once in a while I probably would do it again on a beautiful day like this. I like how everyone worked as a team and no one got left behind, It was a very nice day to do a community pick up.

    I felt very good about this experience that I've never done before, It felt good for people to thank you for doing good work and doing ti the right way without getting paid for it. I would most likely volunteer again when the chance came up. But I would mostly like to volunteer somewhere where I'm working with elderly or disabled people. Thank you for the fun meaning full experience I would be glad to do it again!

    ReplyDelete
  4. I had a really good time. It feels good to give back to my community. Their were people who stopped us and asked us questions like, why are we doing this, what are we getting from doing it, and how long have we been picking up trash. We walked in a group and used team work. Cleaning up the community showed us how to come together and have a good time while doing something good. We cleaned 6 streets altogether. I was in a group with Mr.stander and Marisa and two other people. We collected a lot of trash. I would love to do more for my community. I plan on looking into what I can do to help more in my community. Hearing other people telling us we was doing a good deed felt really good to hear. I am going to ask around and look for signs that ask for volunteers.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Today was different for me, I help our planet out. It was a fun and unique experience for me. My school Focus was participating in cleaning up trash around the community. At first I was unsure of it, but once I got into it I realize how important it is. I felt good about myself while I was doing this service. I especially felt good when some lady congratulated me and a few of my peers. Its really remarkable knowing how much trash can be just scattered around our premisses.

    This was my first community service action. I do believe I would do something like this again or maybe another form of service. I also enjoyed interacting with the teachers and students on another basis besides school. I feel like this should be a process that's done every week or every other week. It's alittle amazing of what you can find while picking up trash.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Today I help my school Focus Learning Academy clean up around the neighborhood. It was nice and felt good to pick up trash around my city. More people should try to keep Columbus clean because its a lot of people that just litter for a living. Its not something I usually do but I would if I was asked to help more often. If people was to start helping clean around there neighborhood I would suggest them to do it with a group of people because its more fun and you have someone to talk to while you walk around cleaning. A clean environment shows proof of success. All you hear now a days is how we are trying to keep Columbus and people keep trashing the streets. So if we had more people thinking positive about this we would have a clean society and people would respect our city more. This gave me a opportunity to interact with my students and teachers more. It was a very unique experience and I would like to encourage everybody to get out there and do it.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Today I was picking up trashing around my school to help out the community.
    This is not the first time I have helped out by volunteering in my communities.
    I volunteer at the YMCA in Columbus Ohio on the weekdays from Monday to Thursday.
    I feel like when you help out its a good thing and it makes you feel good at the end of the day and you can put it on your college resume lol. Giving back to you community is a thing that I think every body should do you live in they neighborhood why not clean it but even if you don’t why not let your environment look better then it did before you helped it out maybe it was spot less or maybe it had more trash than a land field lol helping out will help you in the long run and help the neighborhood.
    I do believe I would do something like this again or maybe another form of service. I also enjoyed interacting with the teachers and students on another basis besides school. I feel like this should be a process that's done every week or every other week. It's a little amazing of what you can find while picking up trash.

    ReplyDelete
  8. I have participated in community service before. This clean up event would be my second time. I walked a few blocks around my school picking up trash. I was surprised to find trash near a trash can. I think people need to be less lazy and just throw their trash away in the trash can. Most of the items I found were pop can, bottles, cigarette butts, and paper.

    It was nice to help out the community by keeping Columbus clean. If there were anymore cleaning up events, I would do it. So over all I did enjoy helping cleaning up the community.

    ReplyDelete
  9. I had a really good time. It feels good to give back to my community. Their were people who stopped us and asked us questions like, why are we doing this, what are we getting from doing it, and how long have we been picking up trash. We walked in a group and used team work. Cleaning up the community showed us how to come together and have a good time while doing something good. We cleaned 6 streets altogether. I was in a group with Mr.stander and Marisa and two other people.

    We collected a lot of trash. I would love to do more for my community. I plan on looking into what I can do to help more in my community. Hearing other people telling us we was doing a good deed felt really good to hear. I am going to ask around and look for signs that ask for volunteers.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Today I participated in a community clean up. It was different; I have never done anything like this before. I never noticed how much trash there really was outside. I was in a group with Kendra , Kiera , Mr. Stander and Jennifer . At first it was hot and tiring but we used team work and cleaned up six streets! Just on those six streets we had two trash bags full of trash . It felt good to clean up our neighborhood and make it look decent. Neighbors came out and thanked us for picking up trash .

    I think we should do something like this more often , and try to keep the neighborhood clean . I think if more people see people making a difference and help clean up our city other people will volunteer to help clean up. I don’t mind doing things for the city and helping to keep it clean . It was a good feeling hearing people thank us for our work . This was a good deed to do and a positive experience for me .

    ReplyDelete
  11. Today I helped the community out by picking up other peoples trash and stuff like that. It felt good to help keep Columbus clean. It is important for the kids to be able to have a little clean space to play. I helped clean a hospital's yard a little. I surprised to see kids' toys as I was picking up trash.

    It felt good to clean out a hole next to someones basement window. I would definitely do it again if someone is there with me so more will get done. Overall it was fun to pick up trash with all my friends and teachers and helping the community be a better place for kids and families.

    ReplyDelete