“My
experience was rewarding in more ways than one and I couldn’t have asked for a
better organization leader! My leader was Molly and she actually made the
experience better because she had a great personality and was willing to get to
know the students and she was very patient with the students. Not to mention
she made learning a lot more fun because she found a bunch of videos and other
fun activities to go along with it, this also made it more interesting.
We
didn’t really get that far into the actual project because Bay View High School
is still new to the organization so a lot of the students are not aware of what
it really is. With that being that, there weren’t really a lot of students
involved, and every week would be a different group of students. So it was a
little frustrating trying to get the whole project in order and to get and keep
everyone on the same page. That was the most challenging part of the whole
program actually, which was just getting everyone to come to the meetings, pay
attention and do what needed to be done.
Overall,
I think that this program teaches everyone something whether it is about our
community, the water, or us; you are learning something very important. I
learned WAY more than I thought I did about water and even about my community
and how lucky I truly have it. I am just really thankful for this opportunity
and am happy that I got to work with so many cool people who have really big
hearts and love what they are doing. When your leader enjoys what they are
doing, it shows and makes you even more excited about it. This also encourages
the high school students to become more excited and to be more involved. “
-Amanda
Olejnizak (Bayview)
