Wolves On the Prowl Community Service Project

  The Wolves On the Prowl Community Service project that the COB freshman students attended on November 8, 2008 was a solid experience. Dragging our feet, the majority of us managed to begin our day by pulling ourselves out of the warm Saturday slumber that we were all ever-so deserving of and go hit the town with all the enthusiasm that could be sucked out of our dreary bodies and fogged minds. Shortly after we all got some fruit and coffee everyone began to finally open up their squinting red eyes and get a smile on their face, having gotten over the worst part of the day, waking up! Breaking into small groups we all began to see what the next four hours entailed, most of us now a bit more awake and smiling. My group hopped on a bus, actually filling up every seat on the bus if I remember correctly, and headed to clean up some public parks. Fearing the worst, it seemed as though everyone on the bus was ready to do some real work  and show what we were capable of, but devastatingly enough we arrived at a near perfect park that needed the absolute bare minimum of work done. But spirits still high, the group threw on the provided work gloves and grabbed the paint cans. Upon approaching our obstacles the rather large group split into two smaller groups. One group began repainting benches that were in a little need of painting I'd say and the rest of us began pulling overgrown vines off of a chain-link fence. Now the majority of the group had fully awakened and we were bright eyed and on a mission to do what we woke up to get done, and with our overwhelming determination we picked the fence clean and painted those benches black in about 30 minutes.Grabbing a bottle of water and a banana, we all kind of looked around as if we were thinking "Is that all you got?" The group took a short break and then back on the bus we went to proceed onward to our next park. Probably 15 minutes of riding on the bus got us to our next park, actually this one was more immaculate than the last believe it or not. We still picked up the little trash that was sprinkled throughout the field but it only took five minutes. Hopping back on the bus again everyone was still in a good mood and as talkative as ever. We got back to school a bit early and were actually able to see some of the other groups still volunteering. All in all it was a good experience that we all enjoyed, most of us anyways. Another compelling organization  that I have researched in the New Orleans area is the Habitat for Humanity. This is an organization that most everyone is familiar with that helps to restore communities and specifically houses of those impoverished victims of Hurricane Katrina. I feel that the restoration of these homes and communities is vital to the flourishing of our city and that is why I feel so compelled by what this organization strives to achieve. www.habitat-NOLA.org The organization that the clean-up crew worked for was not listed on Blackboard so I was not able to give either a link or brief overview.