Hooray for Timberland!

Today we finally got our boots! For those of you who aren’t in the know, Timberland has been an ardent supporter of City Year from the very beginning. We actually got to see a wonderful video from the CEO of Timberland explaining how that partnership came about...

The last worry-free weekend

Well, I find that I am having a bit of trouble keeping up with this. It’s mostly because I’ve been going through my notes and journals and making blog entries for things that happened before and haven’t wanted to write present entries until after I...

Out in the sun

Our first day of school is approaching, and with it all the responsibility they’ve been telling us about. So I’ve been using my relatively un-stressful time to wander around my neighborhood. I haven’t made bread yet like I planned, I still need to go...

Team assignments!

I got my first choice! I’m not sure exactly who my team members are going to be, but I know what team I’m on! First though, the retreat was wacky fun, full of all of the goofball antics I expected out of it. They broke us into “crazy” teams...

Getting ready to go on retreat

So we have settled pretty securely into training. It’s a little slow, but it is interesting to get to know all the different projects and filling out our preference sheets so that the staff knows where to place us. There are basically four choices of projects...

Adventure time! Boxes can wait.

I’m not really unpacked yet, although all of my stuff is in my room. I’m slowly taking it out of the mass of boxes that are stacked precariously in the center of my room but I’m finding it difficult to find time to sit down and get it all in order. There...