It's so hard to keep up with the constant flow of badges with school, but I'm trying! However Alex recently posted that Lifescouts will now have a new badge every 10 days and each month will have a theme. So that's exciting! And might give me a chance to catch up or earn more badges! You can read the other stats about most and least popular badges here Now on to the story.
At my university, we have a day where students and alumni from around the world do some type of service for our communities. Falling into the spirit of volunteerism, I signed up to volunteer at Kittredge Park not very far from our campus. There we mulched, pulled weeds, painted, and planted trees! Now I had helped my dad plant the trees in our backyard when we first moved into our house, but I had never planted a tree that people visiting the park would get to enjoy. Naturally I wanted to make sure that what we did wasn't going to kill the tree. These trees were uprooted from their initial home and moved so that they would have a better chance at success. So myself and friend dug a hole, removed the tree from its pot, and placed it in its new home. It now even has a sign designating what type of tree it is. We covered the loose dirt with some mulch and gave it a good watering. I haven't been down to see it since we've planted it but hopefully it's doing ok with all the crazy weather we've been having. Amazingly enough planting that tree gave me a sense of accomplishment because I knew that I was helping add more oxygen to our environment.
Badge count: 7
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