Tree Planting

Last Saturday was my first time doing Neighbor to Neighbor, which an organization on campus that does local community service on Saturday mornings. So I decided Saturday was a good a day as any. There I was at 9 am, with 6 hours of sleep under my belt, completely underdressed. To say the least, I was very cold. But I had a great time, even if we complained a lot. So we got bagels for breakfast and then headed about 5 minutes away. Our task was to plant trees alongside the organization Tree Tenders. We planted 9 trees (but were supposed to do 10). I used the shovel a lot and let me tell you that solid rock is hard to shovel. It was fun. It was nice to see the recipients of these trees get so excited. I didn't know one small thing like a tree could do such a thing. We got back a lot later than expected, but I still enjoyed it. I joked that I was never going back to Neighbor to Neighbor because of this day but it actually made me want to do more now!

One of the trees we planted!