Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
To start off our day we visited the Pine Island Cranberry Co.. We learned a lot about the art of growing and harvesting cranberries. Mr. Haines and his son, daughter, and Christina gave us a lovely tour of the property. We learned about the selective breeding of cranberries, the fungi that can infect them and how...
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Today, day 3 of Woods to Walls, the Fab Four, consisting of Mr. Brunswick, George, Mankaran, and Ewan heroically built six out of ten benches for the outside classroom. These will go in the outdoor classroom that Kenasia, Phil, Teddy, Sagar, and Kierra also helped to build. Despite minor setbacks, all of the groups worked hard...
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So today, most of us finished our quilts. They’re coming out pretty nice, especially Kasper’s and Libby’s. They made their quilt with a diagonal pattern so it looks even more beautiful!!! Also I finished my quilt. I made sure I didn’t use a pattern more than once, so my quilt is very unique. But...
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We arrived at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore this morning at 9:30. When we walked in we were greeted and showed around the store and warehouse. With the help of other volunteers and the workers at the store, we were able to kick off work without any trouble. We did a variety of jobs...
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Today we tackled our first issue – HIV/AIDS. We started our day with an activity that asked us to agree or disagree with statements about HIV/AIDS. After learning some background information about the history of the HIV pandemic and some statistics about infection rates today, we watched a moving and inspiring film, Philadelphia. The...
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Today was quite an eventful day! We learned how to tie different kinds of knots. We learned the bowline knot, the rolling pitch, and highwayman’s knot. With our new knowledge of knot tying, we hung up the blocks with rope so we could varnish them. We also moved picnic tables. While others were working...
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Today our group took a trip to Newton Lake in Collingswood. We went around the entire lake with large plastic bags and picked up garbage. We also learned about macroinvertebrates which are small bugs. We learned that there are three different kinds of macroinvertebrates, and they are type 1, type 2, and type 3....
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Today we took a bus to the Black Run Preserve in Evesham Township. There, we met John Volpa, the chair of Friends of the Black Run Preserve, who taught us a little history about the Pine Barrens and the indigenous species living there. Among the topics he covered were watersheds, coastal plains, and aquifers....
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We started our day with a 2-hour bus ride to the countryside of Burgundy. We picked up our tour guide June in the local town. On our way we stopped by a goat farm and pet the goats. After that we went to the home of a cheese maker’s house named Annie. She taught...
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Today we started off by splitting into two groups; one stayed indoors and began painting the mural and the other went outside to clear the area for the outdoor classroom. The crew that stayed inside worked on the sky mural. They finished the sketching and began painting trees and clouds. By the end...
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Today we went to a rural town called Bocas, which is about 40 minutes away from our church. We boarded the truck to Bocas where we helped paint both the inside and the outside of another small Quaker church. We painted the church a peachy color giving the church a joyous feel. During our...
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After a busy day of service at the Low County Food Bank and Practice over at the Cal Ripken Experience, the group headed out for some dinner, bonding, and a birthday celebration. Johnny Rockets was the scene for some good times and impressive feats of eating. We look forward to another big day tomorrow...
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Today we went to Taller Puertorriqueño, a Puerto Rican community workshop, where we saw some art exhibits made by Puerto Rican artists. We ate at a restaurant called Vivaldi Restaurant. We also got salsa dancing lessons. Alex learned salsa dancing and was very good at it! By, Amanda, Noah and Tori Today...
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Today the Baseball team got up bright and early and headed over to the Low County Food Bank here in Myrtle Beach to volunteer our time. Under the guidance of the workers, the team unpacked donations from big chain stores like Walmart, Target, and Publix, in order to organize the food into categories so it...
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