Bear Breaks volunteered at Growing Places Indy today to learn more about Sustainability. While there, we fought off freezing conditions including both wind and snow. Luckily, we were able to work in the greenhouses to warm us up. While in the greenhouses, we prepared crates of soil to be seeded. Immediately after that, we planted the seeds into our newly made … [Read more...] about Sustainability at Growing Places Indy: Prepping, Planting, and Pulling
For our February 26th meeting of Bear Breaks Spring Leaders, Heather Blades of the Center for Dispute Resolution came by to speak to us on the best way to talk through conflicts. While we hope there won't be any fighting or too large of conflicts on our trips, sometimes people will disagree due to our discussion of different topics that come from our experiences. We also spoke … [Read more...] about Conflict Resolution and Countdown to Spring Break
This week was our seventh meeting, and we were welcomed with a Non-Profit Panel. Representatives from The Kitchen Inc, Community Partnership of the Ozarks, Drew Lewis Foundation, and Be Civil Be Heard took time out of their day to come speak on the topic of Homelessness in Springfield. Each organization contributes in a different way to help with the issue at hand. Two main … [Read more...] about Leaving a Legacy through Service