Troll Exploration Stations

It was an amazing experience, and I was able to interact with families and make their experience even better. Everyone was friendly and helpful.

1. What skills did I develop or Improve this service experience?
In this experience Improved to skills. First, I learned to interact with those different than me and learned to work together. The man i was put with was named Nathan and was double my age and was at a very different part of life than me. Despite that, we got a long well and had a good time teaching and kids about the troll Sofus Locust. I also learned a lot about improvising as I had no idea what I was doing and i had figure out what I could say to these kids with minimal understanding and a minimal script.

2. How did your service influence your understanding of social or environmental issues.
Being out in nature mainly made me realize how important having nature integrated with society is such a blessing and how important teaching the importance of the environment to younger children.
3. How might these relationships influence your future involvement?
The relationships I made with this event really made me enjoy the Gardens and made me come back to the gardens two more times for the rest of my service hours this semester.
4. Do you plan to continue volunteering with this organization? Why?
Yes, the Gardens are so beautiful and the staff is so understanding and fun to work with I loved every second of being there.
5.Did your service align with your personal values and beliefs?
Yes. all in all I was raised in boy scouts and learned a lot about environmental conservation and working at the gardens really highlighted that.