Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
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...
Continue readingExploration: something that everyone desires, but only a few get to grasp. So many people aspire to spend even a fraction of their lives exploring places, ideas, memories, yet barely a handful of them find the lucky key that unlocks the time for exploration. Today, the key was handed to us, as well as...
Continue readingMortality: a paradox constantly stressed but often neglected. We know our time is of the essence, yet we sometimes forget to act upon it, and end up sometimes breathing instead of living. On average, our species lives seventy-nine years before our parting breath. Us humans go through life constantly waiting on the next step,...
Continue readingToday, we spent time at the Perkins Center for the Arts, at 30 Irwin Ave. in Collingswood. (There is a second location right in Moorestown, located at 395 Kings Highway). Led by Samantha Salazar, manager of Special Events and Education Assistant, we helped clean the massively impressive warehouse space, and we helped create artistic...
Continue readingWhen we arrived at the garden’s waterfront location around 9 a.m., it was drizzling. One of the main staff members, Jeff Clarke, greeted and talked to us about what he and his team do at the garden and throughout Camden. Jeff explained to us how he travels to schools throughout Camden city and...
Continue readingToday, our group went to the The Food Bank of South Jersey, which is located at 1501 John Tipton Boulevard, in Pennsauken. When we departed the bus, we signed in and each got a volunteer number. Next, we were given a brief tour of the massive and impressive facility, and then we were introduced...
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Today, we traveled to Newton Creek, a park in the Camden County system. We met a nice, enthusiastic man by the name of Michael Hogan. Mr. Hogan works for the South Jersey Land and Water Trust, a nonprofit organization that protects and preserves resources within southern New Jersey watersheds. Our first challenge was...
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Today we went to the Perkins Center for the Arts to help out in the garden. First, we split up into four groups and set to work weeding the raised flower beds. Under the grey overcast sky, we tilled the soil and planted all types of vegetables and herbs. Then we cleaned up the grounds,...
Continue readingToday we headed to Collingswood Manor, a retirement home in Collingswood, NJ. We started off the day by circling the building and parking lot looking for trash to pick up. At 10 we split up into groups. Some went to give a few of the residents manicures, while others played and called bingo. A...
Continue readingToday we went to the Neighborhood Center in Camden, we started the day off with a goal of transporting a large pile of mulch across the yard to a playground. It was hard work, but it was totally worth it when we saw the hordes of children rush to the playground. When lunch time...
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We started off the day by picking up trash surrounding the lake in Newton. First we split up into groups of two and picked up trash for about 2 hours. We picked up a variety of items ranging from bicycles to bottles. Ms. Salazar decided to turn our service into a small competition to...
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Today we went to the Food Bank of South Jersey. The Food Bank helps bring meals and other necessities to families in need and teaches them about healthy eating habits. They took us on a quick tour through the facility, and we learned about some of the other ways they help the community. For...
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There is a ton of positive energy among the SJ Service crew. Everyone has been briefed on all the different ways we will be serving South Jersey communities next week and the snack request list has been made — we are definitely ready to go. Stay tuned for our blog post on Monday, which...
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At the end of a busy, successful week, here are the SJ Service group’s experiences summed up in a single word: This week in South Jersey Service we traveled to different organizations and helped in whatever way we could. On Friday we had fun helping out the workers at the Perkins Center for the...
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Today we took a trip to the Collingswood Manor. We spent the first hour of our day there cleaning up trash outside of the building and moving furniture. After that we went inside where some of us organized books, and others split up to do manicures and workouts with the residents. Another activity some...
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