Community Clean-Up

My service cleaning up the community with Memphis Rox impacted the broader community of Memphis by providing a cleaner environment for the city's residents. My service was environmental; we picked up trash on and around the streets surrounding the Memphis Rox Climbing Gym. I think this will benefit members of this community who reside there by providing a nicer landscape to look at outside their homes and also promote more will to continue cleaning the area. It also makes the community look a lot more welcoming.
My service aligned with my personal value of keeping the environment clean. I am a big believer in continuing to clean up our communities and I enjoy researching the effects of clean environments on crime rates and retention of community members. It's very important that we work to keep our community clean, and I really like how this organization has been going out every week and cleaning up.
My service contributed to the overall goals of Memphis Rox to keep this community clean and healthy. I think they also enjoy seeing the community come together to clean up, and there were a lot of us there that Saturday. It's really cool to be a part of working towards a larger goal of keeping our streets clean so that they can be enjoyed by our city's residents.
I worked with a large group during the service event. It made the experience even more enjoyable and we were able to clean a larger area of the community together. It helps when you have someone picking up trash, and someone else to carry the garbage bag. Also, there were heavy furniture pieces that needed to be moved to the curb and that required a couple of people to move. I enjoyed working with a team at this event.
I want to continue working with this organization this year because I had a really good experience. The people were very kind and passionate about the service they were providing the community. This organization also works hard at something I value a lot, so I will definitely be coming back to serve with them again.