Make A Difference Day, 2013

What an amazing, but equally crazy day.

We moved onto campus on October 24th, and had barely met each other before it was time to pull together and start getting things done for America.

Blue One, deciding what signs to throw

Make a Difference Day 2013 was on October 26th and this truly could have been a mess. Not only were we still getting to know each other as people, but trying to learn each other's work ethic at the same time? That's a pretty heavy challenge - but Blue One definitely faced it beautifully.

We spent the day beautifying and cleaning a community garden in Sacramento, CA. The people we met were really inspiring. There was the master gardener, who told us which plants to pull and which plants to crossbreed. Her garden was stunning and her advice was really necessary while we were cleaning up. (I had no idea that tomatoes could be kept in a brown paper bag to help them ripen). Next was the hard working woman who knew all about the gardens - which ones to be fully pulled, fully weeded, and why. I will say that the condition of your life reflects heavily on the condition of your garden.

Leading with love and sass

But the most inspiring people we met, was the couple running the garden. Both of them could easily be in their 70s, and the husband was doing difficult lifting and digging right along side of us. His wife, who has one of the heaviest accents I have ever heard, ran the show. She knew everything that was happening in the garden, who has what plot, who was going to have a plot next season. She definitely kept us moving and assigned us a wide variety of tasks to complete. We were up and on our feet for the whole day.

As our first real team effort, I'd call this a great success and a step in the right direction for all of us.