NY2NO

We made it here safely!  We arrived on Saturday and immediately began to sweat.  It has been hot but we've been lucky enough to have rain showers and an occasional breeze.  The people in our group are amazing!  We represent nine NYC highschools and even one from Massachusettes.  We have been working in the School At Blair Grocery garden, turning the compost, educating neighborhood children, supporting a local summer camp, renovating a house, clearing overgrown lots, and walking away completely satisfied and grimy.  We are physically exausted but it is well worth it.  We are learning new skills (herding chickens, hanging sheetrock, and cooking our own food), and learning about the community in the Lower Ninth Ward.  We are all healthy and looking forward to the rest of our week.