First, group one went to the Nehemiah center which is about a fifteen minute walk from the church. Nehemiah was an old school building purchased and repurposed as a summer day program for kids in the Sandusky area. Our students got to hang out and play with the kids who were there today, as well as work on some improvement projects for the building.
At the same time, group two walked around the corner from the church to the fire station, where we got to work downtown Sandusky repainting the fire hydrants.
In the afternoon, group two went out to work with Back to the Wild nature rehabilitation center. Back to the Wild takes in injured or otherwise unfit wildlife and when possible rehabilitates them and releases them back into the wild. They take in thousands of animals per year, the majority of whom are successfully released back into their natural habitat. We got to clean cages of poop, feathers, bugs,, half eaten dinners (mice/rats/worms/etc) and who knows what else. We also got to bathe and feed the 50+ turtles and tortoises at the center.
While group two was at Back to the Wild, group one spent the afternoon with the Ohio DNR at Old Woman's Creek. They got to put shoulder high waders on and take a boat out into the marsh so they could get into the water and remove invasive species. They might've looked cool, but they smelled awful!
Tomorrow both groups get to swap and experience what the other group experienced today. We're looking forward to our last day of service together here!
Alex, Lucy and Emily waist deep in the marsh
Showing off their new digs
Just a couple of gloriously patriotic Bald Eagles. NBD.
Nathan found a friend at Nehemiah Center!
This fox looks a lot like a dog. Slept all day, just like a dog. Unfortunately, that's why he's here, because someone thought he'd make a good pet and then realized the hard way that foxes aren't dogs.
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