Jackie Robinson Park aka best day ever

Being covered in dirt and weed has never been so much fun. Today myself along with around 30 other kids went to Jackie Robinson park to take out the invasive plants in the gardens. We were expecting to be weeding out those annoying tiny green leaves in flower beds. Hah. The weeds were about 50 times that. They were trees! We got ourselves covered in dirt within the first 5 minutes of working. It was so much fun. The first few hours flew by and when Mr. Kane called lunch break, it seemed like we had only been working for 20 minutes. We had probably been working for a good 3 hours. We had made a good dent. Before, there was no ground to be seen on the hill, only treetops. Now, there were full patches of visible dirt large enough to fit an elephant. After lunch and a much needed water break, we were back at it, now joined by the rest our group coming back from their food delivery project. Our fatigue had turned to a burst of energy and as a group we conquered  another section of the hill. Over the course of the day we had filled around 100 trash bags with the crushed leaves, branches, and roots of the tree weeds. Soon we ran out of trash bags to fill and gathered the remainings into a pile. Our work was finished.  It was the best feeling to be able to look up at the hill as we were leaving and see the impact we had made. The hill was on its way to becoming a beautiful, healthy garden. We left the park with cuts, scratches, and dirty faces brightened with the fulfillment of the work our team had accomplished. 

-Amy Flournoy