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We cut down an invasive plant to help other plants grow in its place. We all got to get to know our other peers more and learn more about them while doing something good.

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We spread out mulch around the areas that needed covered around the park.

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Our group mulched around trees and other areas. We raked them to spread them out.

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volunteered around cincinnati such as mulching.

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volunteered around cincinnati such as mulching.

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We mulched areas of a park that needed new mulch.

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Cut down the invasive Honey Suckle plants to allow new growth of other plants in the park.

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We spread mulch around a park to promote plant growth and community wellness.

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We went to an elementary school and removed the trash out of neighborhoods nearby. After the trash was removed the neighborhood looked much better.

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The environment benefitted the most because it allowed other domestic plants to grow in its place and help diversify the parks plants. I think that we all got to benefit a little bit because i think it made a lot of us more comfortable with each other and got to know our classmates a little more.

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We walked to a local park in Cincinnati and there we met a crew of workers and they gave us instructions on what they needed us to do. We mulched various areas of the park and spread it out evenly. The park looked great afterwards and will look even better when the plants start to bloom more

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Worked with a couple people from Cincinnati Parks to mulch areas that had newly-planted flowers/plants.

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Our group mulched several different flower beds to clean up the area and make it look better.

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we spread out mulch and covered the main areas of the park

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I didn't think I would be mulching or I would have wore different shoes. But it was cool seeing how different and better we made the park look when we were done.

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It was a help to the people who work for Cincinnati parks, making their job a little easier and got the work done quicker. Also good for the plants to be mulched.

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It benefited the community by bring others together by helping to make the park look nice for the community

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I think that being apart of something like this was really good for all of us to see what change we could all make together and how we can make a difference in our local area.

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I learned how to work better as a team in order to help make and improve an area around town. It helped me feel selfless as I was doing it for other people with little benefit to myself. I felt rewarded and accomplished when I finished the mulching job.

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We were able to make the park a lot cleaner and have room to grow better with all the new plants coming in. It helped the people who were going to do it alone a lot so everything went a lot quicker.

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We went to a local park and worked with some people to get rid of invasive plants and mulch and overall just work to make the park look better.

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We mulched which will help the park's plants grow and be healthy. We got the whole park done which helped the two workers who usually have to do the entire park by themselves. I don't like doing yard work, so I cannot say it was super enjoyable especially because it was 30 degrees outside and it was a 45-minute walk to the park. I am glad though, that I could help the workers out because they seemed nice.

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I had never really mulched before besides when I was little helping out my parents and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I learned how to do that well and as a result, the park has a better appearance to it which could attract more people to visit. Also it helps plants grow and helps our environment overall.

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I learned a lot more about our local parks and the service they do and things they have to deal with. I think that my view point grew a lot more on how our environment is treated. I hope to maybe be able to help in some sort of fashion in the future with our parks because out of all the places they are supposed to be kept the nicest.

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My group worked very well together. We all were helping each other out and figured out the most efficient way to get our tasks done. We got along and got to know each other better.

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Removing the invasive plant helped the environment of the park. It also helped the workers who take care of the parks as well as the surrounding community to enjoy it more.

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We worked and helped out the Cincinnati park people to make their jobs a little easier while also helping the environment ourselves.

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I didn't expect to mulch the entire time, but it made the park look a lot better and more welcoming. It also helped out our local community to speed the process up and make the park look more friendly. Another thing that it did was that it brought all us of us together to complete one task that helped the community and the park come together.

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There are other activities similar to our service that have the same goal in cleaning up the community. Something similar may be a group who goes out and plants trees. The key factor to success with these type of goals is to have the people come together and work together because the task would become so small and easy with a larger number of people

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I got to learn a bit more on how areas around UC get cleaned up and stay in shape. Everyone benefits when people come together to work towards a goal and to make the areas we live in a cleaner and better place.

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this changed the way i view things and also made me appreciate nature even more. I think it is very important to clean up the parks and provide a safe place for the animals.

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I think that the project was a success, as I felt that I was making a direct difference around me. I learned about many different things, such as the community in and around UC and how much small acts of kindness and helping hands can contribute towards a better place. There are tons of more activities that people can do to help clean up the parks and streets of our community.

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I realized how much work the people of Cincinnati Parks put into these areas to make them look the way they do. In the future, groups could go and plant trees, plants, etc in the parks as well. It also felt good because you could immediately see the difference we made within the park.

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We helped make the park look better than it did before, my group and I did pretty good and got things done pretty fast, we all did great working together and got to know each other more.

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I would defiantly try to help keep our environment safe and clean. I'll help trying to encourage other people to help keep their environment safe and not just ruin something that we all share and see that we have to Charice nature.

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I learned how much it takes to take care of the parks on the community. One the workers really enjoyed his job and it opened my eyes to what needs to be done and how hard the work is. I also got to learn that Honey Suckle is an invasive plant, which was pretty cool.

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Group work contributes to experiences like these because a lot of work had to be done so having a large group that separated into small groups and works together on smaller goals is really ideal. Once the smaller goals were done all the groups were able to accomplish to overall goal. Lack of communication and forgetting to goal set could hinder the success of any organization.

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We all got to learn more about who and how our parks stay clean and have a little more appreciation towards the people that put the effort in to do this type of thing regularly. We also got to learn more about our environment and how to keep it clean and safe.

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I would do it again but in good weather and not have to walk all the way there, other than that it was a good experience and was nice to help out the community.

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It was not a great experience because basically it was very unorganized and my learning community had to do something completely different than the task we signed up to do which was cleaning up trash. I did not like that only my learning community had to walk while others got buses especially because of how cold it was in the morning. I was told on Wednesday that the event was on Saturday. I feel like students should of got more time in advance, so they can have a better chance of being able to go. I did not learn a new skill. My parents make me mulch during the summer. I smelled the mulch, felt the hail falling from the sky, and could see my breath bc it was cold. It was different because no one told my learning community that we were going to be mulching. I would of wore very different clothing and shoes because of how dirty mulching is. I did however like getting to know classmates a little better.

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I got to learn more about the areas around UC and what truly happened off campus. Also it showed that working in a team helps complete a task a lot better and faster than all alone. It also showed what happens with the parks around UC.

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We have to be more grateful to the people that keep the parks clean and that put all their effort for the community making sure that we can walk in the park and see that it's been well taken care of

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Flowers and other plants don't always need mulch, but it is a way to try and keep your plants healthy. Re-doing your mulch every year also just makes the place look cleaner and healthier. I bet there are other volunteer things where you plant things to help the environment. I would wear different clothes if I knew I had to mulch.