Enjoy $5 soup while supporting student eco-volunteers! =)
UMBC students are spending their spring break helping parks!
Below is a message on behalf of UMBC undergraduate, Clare McCauley, leader of a UMBC spring break service group:
I am 1 of 4 finalists for selection for a microgrant (~$200) for a small project to improve Baltimore. I am presenting my Alternative Spring Break: A Better Impact Environmental Service Trip and could really use your support!!! Even better than the inspiring projects going on in Baltimore, is all the homemade soup!
If you are interested in joining the group on the service trip over spring break, find more information here: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/serve/media/8933
Microgrants for the Baltimore Soup fundraising event are awarded based on votes, so the more that come out to support me, the more likely we are to win! Please this is a great opportunity for me and the students joining me. This is a very new fundraising method, so this could also be a great way to get a small project of your own off the ground.
Cost: $5 one bowl, $8 all you can eat, BYOB
https://www.facebook.com/BaltimoreSoup/info
If you cannot attend but would still like to support our work:
https://givecorps.com/en/umbc/projects/887-campus-life-alternative-spring-break-a-better-impact
Here is some more information about my project:
The mission of our Alternative Spring Break is to learn how to leave A Better Impact and commit to sustainable living. Focusing on parks and areas of recreation, we will experience the value of these nature spaces for urban Baltimore City, suburban Baltimore County, and rural Maryland. We will engage in manual labor to help park staff with maintenance and preservation. As a service trip, we are to be humbled by our activities and open to new perspectives. Throughout the week, we will learn about native and invasive species, wildlife concerns within the park, and the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding watershed. We will reflect on and evaluate our daily habits to see where we can make more environmentally friendly choices. Armed with this knowledge, we will deepen our commitment to sustainable practices and environmental stewardship. The week will wrap up with an EDIBLE hike!
So often we talk about HUGE issues like energy, global warming, food justice etc. These are super important issues that deserve lots of attention, but I think the overwhelming problems out there makes it easy to overlook immediate actions we can take to improve our communities. Sometimes this is on a smaller scale, like understanding how we treat our neighborhood affects the Bay, which in turn affects the wildlife and tourism that is are trademarks of Baltimore. We want to encourage simple stewardship to break problems into manageable solutions and actions that can be incorporated into our lifestyle. This is about more than just organizing our recyclables, it is about actively nourishing a respect for our land and water and giving back to the people dedicated to their maintenance.
Microgrants for the Baltimore Soup fundraising event are awarded based on votes, so the more that come out to support me, the more likely we are to win! Please this is a great opportunity for me and the students joining me. This is a very new fundraising method, so this could also be a great way to get a small project of your own off the ground.
Cost: $5 one bowl, $8 all you can eat, BYOB
https://www.facebook.com/BaltimoreSoup/info
If you cannot attend but would still like to support our work:
https://givecorps.com/en/umbc/projects/887-campus-life-alternative-spring-break-a-better-impact
Here is some more information about my project:
The mission of our Alternative Spring Break is to learn how to leave A Better Impact and commit to sustainable living. Focusing on parks and areas of recreation, we will experience the value of these nature spaces for urban Baltimore City, suburban Baltimore County, and rural Maryland. We will engage in manual labor to help park staff with maintenance and preservation. As a service trip, we are to be humbled by our activities and open to new perspectives. Throughout the week, we will learn about native and invasive species, wildlife concerns within the park, and the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding watershed. We will reflect on and evaluate our daily habits to see where we can make more environmentally friendly choices. Armed with this knowledge, we will deepen our commitment to sustainable practices and environmental stewardship. The week will wrap up with an EDIBLE hike!
So often we talk about HUGE issues like energy, global warming, food justice etc. These are super important issues that deserve lots of attention, but I think the overwhelming problems out there makes it easy to overlook immediate actions we can take to improve our communities. Sometimes this is on a smaller scale, like understanding how we treat our neighborhood affects the Bay, which in turn affects the wildlife and tourism that is are trademarks of Baltimore. We want to encourage simple stewardship to break problems into manageable solutions and actions that can be incorporated into our lifestyle. This is about more than just organizing our recyclables, it is about actively nourishing a respect for our land and water and giving back to the people dedicated to their maintenance.
Posted: January 27, 2014, 6:33 PM
