Today, was a day when many came together from Southern. To help clean up the outside community of New Haven. This experience was an important one because people came together to clean up, but it was also a bonding experience with peers.We had to work together in order to clean up the debris on the streets. Our part contain going down several blocks cleaning up leaves and sidewalks. We all met at the student center some went with their classes, clubs, sports, and dorm halls. Seeing so many people willing to help the community was an awesome experience because not many would. Everyone got on their assigned bus and we went to our destinations with rakes, brooms, and bags with us. Newhallville was our destination otherwise known as “The Ville”. Once arriving we all got off of the bus and circled around our areas police officer. He had warned us that we were not in a great area and that it was possible that we could find things such as guns, illegal substances, and many other things. Upon hearing this many got scared because of the area we were in. We all spread out and cleaned up the streets. We were given gloves to pick up leaves and other things we would not want to touch with our bare hands. After all the cleaning was down I had a conversation with the police officer and asked him questions about the area. He told us that he brought us to one of the better parts of this area. Even though that was not a great area as it was. Afterwards, we all got back on the bus and headed back to campus. This experience seeing others help out the community was an important one to me. I would defiantly encourage more to do it next year.
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