Today was our last workday in
Boston! As the week wrapped up, we visited two community partners we have
previously worked with; it was our third day with Greater Boston Food Bank and the
second day with Mill City Grows. We all helped out with spring-cleaning and organizing
food donations at the food bank to prep for 80 volunteers the next day, and then after lunch, we split up to go to two
different locations with Mill City Grows.
One team went to go finish
the project we started the previous day at the Decatur Way arch, which involved
more planting and mulching. It was nice to see the final product. The other team went to a large, nearly four acre
farm and helped water plants, dig trenches, create beds for crops, and plant a lot of sweet potato plants! Cole found a small carrot in the
ground because they used to plant carrots where the potatoes were. We accomplished a lot in just one day.
The weather was unbelievable yet
again – sunny in the upper 70s – and we got to try out homemade caramel
flavored marshmallows after our final service was completed. They were DELICIOUS! (Crystal was sad she couldn’t eat them because they were made with
gelatin). Everyone at Mill City Grows made us feel at home.
We went to our last celebratory
dinner at a vegan Thai food place in downtown Boston and ate great food on the
cheap. THE BUBBLE TEA WAS UNBELIEVABLE. Our final reflection was super cute and
was centered around what we all thought of each other and our final impressions
of the team after a week of service and bonding.
Peace, love, and leafy
greens. This trip was so real.
-Crystal and Cole
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