2013 Earth Dayby Bam Azores | 22-04-2013 21:29 |
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   Today, I joined the YMCA Youth Campers in San Pablo City in their Earth Day activity. I was invited by the YMCA Camp Coordinator, Ate (or big sister) Kate. The group started with a walk from the Leonila Park with their Earth Day signs, greeting people that they passed. They were singing Happy Earth Day to the tune of Happy Birthday! It was a fun activity because there were a lot of people walking and jogging around the lakeshore, so they were surprised to be greeted by young people with a happy greeting of "Happy Earth Day"! Three of the volunteers are from South Korea, so I showed them my Eco-Generation shirt and of course they knew about Samsung Engineering. Together we all went to the Sabang Hills Farm to plant some trees. We had a special visitor in the person of my grandmother, who is turning 95 years old tomorrow. This time the group sang Happy Birthday and made her smile! My grandmother is actually one of the co-founders of the Friends of the Seven Lakes Foundation, so she is one of the original environmentalists in our city. We had a treeplanting activity when we all planted different kinds of trees in the sides of the farm. There were guava, guyabano, coconut and mango seedlings. |
