Back from mississippi! I just finished a week of work with Habitat For Humanity!

My school went on a trip to Mississippi to go to Habitat For Humanity. We spent a week there build homes for Hurricane Katrina Victims and there family's. We stayed in a cabin for the nights we were there. Our daily schedule went something like this:

5:30 - Wake up

6:30 - Breakfast

8:00 - At Work sight ready to go/work

8:15 - 12:00 - Working on building homes

(We put up walls, painted, flooring, Windows, Cocked, And put in the baseboard.)

12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch

1:00 -… Continue

HERE ARE 30 SIMPLE WAYS TO SAVE IT!



REDUCE GARBAGE



1. Precycle--buy things in packages that can be recycled or are made of materials that have already been recycled.



2. Wash, reuse, and recycle glass bottles and jars in the kitchen.



3. Instead of using paper towels, keep a cloth towel by the sink and use it to dry your hands or wipe up spills.



4. Reuse plastic bags. Wash them when they're dirty.



5. Recycle paper and cardboard… Continue

So theres this huge bike ride in the summer called the PMC (16+). There is also a PMC for kids (6-13). I know i could do ether b/c i am 15. But i said to my self, "I need to help out in someway." So i did, I volentered at both the PMC and The PMC for kids. I gave out water to the bikers and just had a blast knowing i am doing good.



Since my dad was rideing in the PMC (16+) He needed to make a minumum of $750 to donate. So I said, dad let me help u. He said "Well that would be great"… Continue

I know when u just look at a puppy, u say "Awwww" Well guess what, u should be saying "awww" to every animal. Animals all around are being neglected, abused and hurt in someway.

So i am trying to change that. I decided to get a job there (not a job just voliter). Right when i turn 16, thats my first mission. Not just to help but to change an animals life. I can't help looking at these photos and just saying to myself " i need to change a life, one way or another." It's just crull what… Continue