Week 6, last week of project #1: Police helicopters circled overhead Tuesday of our last week in Southwest Baltimore. We were used to seeing one everyday, patrolling the community and the endless drug deals done right outside our gate; but when the number of 'copters flying directly above us increased to two, then three, then four...we knew something else was up. But we persisted in our efforts to finish as much of the roof as we could during our last few days on the project, finding out later that a cop had been shot a half-mile away from our work-site. If anything, the incident fueled our fire to finish the roof--and by the end of the week, we did.***To celebrate the successful end of our first round project, team Eagle Five and the Academy partnered on a Community Clean-up Day Saturday April 18th. With the help of fellow NCCC teams and staff, and family and friends of AOS, we made the neighborhood around our work-site and Gywnns Falls Trail a cleaner, brighter place. After a full morning of trash removal and face-painting, the Academy provided lunch, good memories, and a few Baltimore T-shirts, to honor AmeriCorps' impact. But it was a bittersweet event as we enjoyed the company of our Academy friends for the last time.
Transition Update: The team is currently at Perry Point preparing to leave for the Sunshine State early Saturday morning. We will stop to sleep in *South* Carolina Saturday afternoon, then arrive in sunny Sebring, Florida on Sunday night. Wish us luck on our first official SPIKE!
*and vote on the new poll to your right...
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Have a safe trip & pack the ice cream bucket! Congrats on a job well done! Ann
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