September Volunteering

The activity I participated in was a two-hour gardening event with Niyah for the Broadmoor Improvement Association with students from Xavier University. I consider this activity important because it allowed me to contribute to starting a community garden to give people a safe space. I pulled weeds, raked up debris, and helped bag the leaves and weeds everyone pulled to throw away.  Personal choices I made during the activity were to talk to the other students around me to learn more about them and what their lives in New Orleans and going to Xavier is like. I did make an inaccurate assumption beforehand- I thought that there would be people of all ages at the event, as the flyer for it said that anyone and everyone was welcome and it was a family event. So, it was surprising to see just college students, but I did not mind at all- I loved getting to talk to them and know them! From the activity, I learned more about Broadmoor's goals to make the community a more welcoming and safer...