Today we went to Desert Survivors and fixed the doors. We switched the door handles on each door. We filled up the pots with dirt for the nursery. We got certificates for our hard work and completing 5 weeks work experience at Desert Survivors. They gave us pizza and gummy worm cupcakes to celebrate our last day. They gave us business cards so that we can keep in touch.
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Today was our last day at Live Theatre Workshop. We cleaned the lobby we took out the trash, and we also dusted the stuff in the lobby. We took off the white tape on the stairs, because it was falling apart. The tape was there so that the people could see where the stairs were. We put more snacks and drinks out for the students and staff. We had fun on our last day at Live Theatre Workshop, and we are going to miss it.
Thank you cards are a way of saying thank you to someone that helps you do something. Your hand writing has to be neat and nice to understand the letter. We were writing thank you notes to each place we helped at. Thank you card are important to give out to people who help you. Today we did work around building 635 at UCP. We cleaned the bathrooms. Cleaning the bathrooms isn't as bad as we thought it would be. We thought that there might be more of a mess and gross, but they are actually pretty clean to start with. We had to water all of the plants. They need a lot of water since it is so hot outside. It takes almost 2 hours total to water all of the plants, but we can do other work while the water is going. One student swept the kitchen, another cleaned the table and chairs, and the last cleaned the counter. We took out the trash and the recycling and put new bags in the trash cans. One student (with the help of the teacher) brought in all of the recycling and trash bins from the street. The bins were really hot on their hands, but they worked through it. The other two students cleaned the classroom - cleaned the tables and other surfaces, swept, and cleaned the windows. We checked all of the printers in building 635 and brought reams of paper if they needed more. We cleaned out the patio area. The table was REALLY dirty from the rain, so we cleaned that off. We also swept the patio and the stairs and raked up the leaves. See the picture below of our newly cleaned table.
We worked on our resumes today.
We went out to the Tropical Kingdom pet shop. We saw fish, snakes, rabbits, birds, turtle, guinea pigs, hamster, and an eel. You have to be 16 years old to work there. They are a family owned business. You have to be careful when working with animals because you can hurt them and they can hurt you. We had fun. Today we went to the cat shelter. We cleaned the cat litter boxes, shelves, bathroom, cat food cans, and swept. We did not see Orange Tail(Creeper) because he was at Petco trying to get adopted. We did not see any kittens at the shelter today, because they got adopted.
Anna and Katy helped Michelle type the blog today! Today, we went to Hermitage Cat Shelter. Our task's were to clean the wall and cat cubbies. Three of us cleaned the litter boxes with the pooper scooper. One of us cleaned the bathroom. We cleaned out the cat food cans outside. One of us picked up the trash around the shelter. We played with older cats. We had fun at the cat shelter. A cat named Orange Tail likes to follow us around the shelter and likes to sneak out with us to the lobby. Anna calls him "Creeper" because he follows us and tries to creep out behind us. You can see his picture below.
Today we worked at Desert Survivors. We put plants into bigger pots. We put the plants into 5 gallon pots this time. We also mixed the soil with lava rock. Lava rock helps the water to drain from the pot. Today we worked with Daniel because David was gone. Daniel told us that his favorite flower is the fairy duster (see picture below). Next, we folded brochures. We did this because they are having a plant sale on Saturday, July 9th for members and on Saturday, July 16th for people who aren't members. Daniel gave us a tour of the retail area. We checked to make sure the water spouts were on.
Monday
We were at UCP and one of the tasks we did was sweeping, we cleaned the kitchen, cleaned the bathroom, watered plants, cleaned up puddles of rain water, took out trash to the dumpster, we picked up trash cans from the street, raked outside, and cleaned windows. We got lots of praise from employees of UCP about our hard work. Tuesday Today was a good day because we got to stay close to UCP and ride the city bus. It was kind of relaxing, we didn't have to do actual work. While the bus was here we got to learn about how to ride the bus the proper way and we saw people get confused when the bus didn't stop for them. Riding the bus was so much fun. It was kind of sad that Michelle missed the bus ride, it would of been fun if she was with us. Today at the Cat Shelter
We did a lot of tasks and one of them was to clean the bathroom. We cleaned out the cat litter boxes, cleaned cat shelves, swept the floor, took out the trash, and cleaned out cat food cans. One of the students favorite part was seeing Duchess (black cat below) again and we got to meet a new one named June Bug (tabby cat below) and even got a lick from her. We also went to go play with the kittens as an award for working so hard. There were only 3 left after the kitten shower but they were still adorable to play with. We were sad that there weren't more kittens but that is good because that means they went to good homes. That doesn't mean there won't be more because there are still 30 to 40 kittens in the back of the shelter that are still too young to be adopted. On Monday
We worked at UCP and one of our task was to clean windows, water plants, cleaned doors, swept and mopped the floor, we took the trash out and we found out listening to music helps us focus, we worked as a team. Each one of us had a favorite task and one of them was to water plants, cleaning the windows, bring in the trash cans off the curb. On Tuesday We went to Live Theatre Workshop, We had to organize the kids costumes we did the scarfs, shirts, pants, While 3 of them had to get all of the trash bags organized one of them had to organize so office supplies. then all 4 of us went to take all of us took them to the big dumpster. One of us went to do some stocking of snacks and drinks. 2 of us cleaned the mirrors in the makeup room while the other student swept the makeup room, one of us cleaned the bathroom. On Wednesday Today we went to Desert Survivors We potted some plants, we also got to fix some tires. One of the students favorite part was to put the plants into bigger pots. It was nice to have gloves so our fingernails wouldn't get gross. Also got to experience putting air in tires and patch holes. It was really HOT and it was nice to work in the shade for the second half. |