Today was a perfect morning. I have to say we built some of the best looking recycle bins Ive seen yet. Our project is now including six different schools and we are happy to say that Park City and NYC finished the project today. The idea we have is that we have built recycle bins in 6 different schools.
This is an activity that almost all student groups enjoy but we can also arrange this on a Costa Rica Family adventure if you want to give back to the local community a bit.
We then educate the local kids on the importance of recycle. Once a month we pass by the rural schools and collect the recycled materials. After collecting all the recycled goods we then weigh which school collected the most and that school wins a prize such as a new chalkboard or a pizza party for the school.
Today we arrived to the school at 8am and we worked till almost noon. The school was on vacation but they met us at the gate with some of the students and teachers. They did a small presentation to the flag and then we began to work. We had the kids painting, nailing, and we finished just before the rain came.
We then made the 5 minute drive back to the homestays and everyone will be having lunch now. We have a local soccer game planned for 3pm so everyone will get some time to rest and practice their Spanish and then we head to the soccer field. I told the kids that we are undefeated but I was sort of kidding. The local kids are really good and usually about 500 little kids show up and they beat us pretty badly so we will have to wait and see. Check ESPN Sportcenter to see highlights!
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