Community Table

Yesterday (12-12-12) we went and volunteered at the Community Table. For those who don't know, the Community Table is a charity van that delivers food to those who are less fortunate every night of the week. It was a real eye-opener for us and felt very rewarding. There are two different vans and they go on two different routes helping people! The food that they were given last night was hot soup, a sandwich and a bottle of water. It is really nice that they get a hot meal on a cold night like last night. I think we will be back again helping very soon!
On another note, for Key Club I went to Dress-A-Child. At first I had no idea that Dress-A-Child was put on by the Salvation Army, but when I walked into K-mart that day, I found out it was! Anyway, Dress-A-Child is basically a time where volunteers and sponsors come together and dress a child in need. The budget is $100 and it is from donated money I think. Then you get your child and go shopping with them for an hour! And you have a list with their sizes and a rank of importance for certain items. It was really fun, and both of these things were/are great things to get involved in!

More Progress!

Much progress has been made so far! We interviewed the other groups so we can put snip-its of their projects in with ours. Also on Tuesday we went bell ringing as shown by the pictures posted. Today we interviewed a costumer and a person from great falls..we also bought a black light at the thrift store today! That will be very useful in special effects for the documentary! We also picked out a song for our intro and got an outline of our documentary done! Tomorrow we are going to go get footage of the orchard and the garden! I will post videos soon!

Pottery at the Salvation Army... Who knew? (:

Bell Ringing like a boss!

12-4-12 we all went to Hobby Lobby to go bell ringing it was a great experience and I think that we would all enjoy doing it again...thank you some much for all of you who donate (:

Interview with Madyson!

This interview went really well! The only thing is, it's a bit echo-y.

Many Things!

So much has been happening with our project lately! Let me give you an update: First, we just got interviewed for the GAZETTE today! I was really nervous at first but, the interviewer asked his questions very conversationally (which makes me less nervous!) and I think we could try to ask our interview questions more like that. Second, we interviewed Madyson and that's always great because the more footage the better! Third, we will at least interview Ms. Lord tomorrow, and we wrote down some questions to interview shoppers at the thrift store. After all, the thrift store is a big part of the Salvation Army. Fourth, we are scheduling to go on a community table outing next week and possibly even bell ringing! Finally, we are planning to come up with the design of the poster later. What a beneficial week! 

A Day at the Salvation Army's Garden

Today our environment science class went to the salvation army's garden to help get it ready for winter.. It was a very fun and productive day :)

Current Hydroponic Area

This is the current hydroponic area at the Salvation Army. It's pretty awesome! I never knew about hydroponics until I came here!

Hydroponics in the Making!

This is the new Hydroponic System that the Salvation army is making.. so this is Hydroponics in the making!

Interview with Liz!

This is our third interview with Liz (the second interview is with the hydroponic expert and that will be posted soon) and sorry about the audio, but we will have a microphone in future interviews! This interview gave us more information and we are making headway!

Hydroponics

So in order to spread the word about the Salvation Army, our group needs to become experts on every aspect of the Salvation Army. So in order to do that, I was looking on the Internet for some good informational websites and this website is full of info. From the costs of products, to articles about hydroponics.  

http://www.hydroponics.net/

Interviews, Interviews Galore!

This past Tuesday (October 30th), we went to the Salvation Army and interview two people! We interviewed the hydroponics expert, and Liz! These interview both went well. I learned a lot about hydroponics and learned more on what exactly Liz does! Exciting! We still have lots of business cards of people we still need to contact, but we are making progress! 

Our Beautiful Flyer :)

Local Food Meeting

Tonight we went to the Northern Plains Resource Council, for the local food meeting. We met some great people who we think can help us with our project and would be great to interview. We look forward to speaking with them again and returning to the next meeting on November 14th. We just wanted to say thank you for all your helpful advise because it really helped our group to understand want we need to be doing to spread the word about the Salvation Army.

The faces of the S.A.A.

Progress

I just got an email back from Molly who volunteers at the Northern Plains Resource Council. She said that she could get me in touch with some people from her local committees to interview. That would be awesome for interview footage but I don't know if we were to interview those people, if it would be super beneficial on becoming experts on the Salvation Army. Maybe? Maybe not?

A look inside the Salvation Army

Plants being grown at the Salvation Army

A look inside the Salvation Army

The door gallery is a new feature in the Salvation Army thrift store. Check back for more info!

A look inside the Salvation Army

These trout are providing nutrients for the hydroponic projects. Check back soon for more info on hydroponics!

A look inside the Salvation Army

Compost sold at the Salvation Army

A look inside the Salvation Army

The Salvation Army thrift store

A look inside the Salvation Army

Chicken coops for sale at the Salvation Army. This particular chicken coop sells for $200.