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I think service learning was incorporated into our English class because it gave us experience. With the experience we gained with serving and helping others, that can serve as inspiration in our writing and give us a deeper understanding of the world and events.

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Before this project, I haven't volunteered at all. I learned that it takes a lot of work to keep up a garden. To know that the hard work that you're putting in year round to grow food for people who need it is really gratifying. If I had a green thumb, I would get a plot of my own. I also didn't know that Texas is the second highest state that has an issue with human trafficking. Mosaic talked about the signs of human trafficking and I have made notes of those. Knowing that it is such an issue makes me want to be more aware of what could be going on around me.

It was hard working in the garden because there's a lot you have to know before working with them because 98% of the produce is donated and you don't want anything getting ruined on accident. I loved knowing that this was a primary way of donating to others, through hard work and effort. Same thing with making the bears.

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In 2014, Mosaic reported housing 198 women and children who were fleeing violence. The bears that we made are going to this individuals who are escaping traumatizing situations. The children had something that could make them feel safer. They have something that they can call their own during a hard time.

The North Texas Food Bank serves all over the Dallas area with it's partnered service sites. People go to the NTFB when they can't provide for themselves or their families. The NTFB delivers boxed meals for people in need. The produce that is grown in these ground delivery gardens is put into the boxes that are given out. The cans collected at the Trinity River Run are donated to the NTFB and are then sorted and put into the boxes to be delivered.

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For Mosaic Family Services, Brookhaven held a time where students and faculty could come in and help hand make bears for the victims that Mosaic was helping with. Students started with fabric and patterns and ended with a stuffed bear that a child would sleep with for comfort.

Next was volunteering with my local community garden in Coppell, Texas. This garden is on the the ground pick up sites for the North Texas Food Bank. People buy a plot and grow produce here for the Food Bank to pick up and package. I helped pick some of the last produce that had shown up before winter comes. Many beds needed to be cleaned up and prepared for winter greens that could be planted.

I also worked with the Trinity River Run, a half marathon, 10k, and 5k, in the registration process. The run was having a can food drive that would be given to the NTFB. I handed out t-shirts to people who were registered for the run the next day.

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I worked with Mosaic Family Services and the North Texas Food Bank for my service hours. Mosaic Family Services works with victims of human trafficking. They give support to those pulled out the the trafficking system. The North Texas Food Bank is a huge organization here in Dallas and is well known to everyone. They strive to give to those in the community who can not provide for themselves.