Round 2: Project Accomplishments

Quantifiable Data

Railroad Museum
Acreage of grass mowed 1

Bridges restored 4

Feet of track ballasted 240

Feet of trench dug 180

Feet of trench filled 180

Picnic tables painted 9

Pounds of debris cleared 2650

Pounds of trees removed 2400

Structures painted 2

Trees removed 4

Community Volunteer Day

Community gardens started or tended 2

Neighborhood cleanup activities organized or conducted 1

New trees or shrubs planted 80

Playgrounds constructed or repaired 2

Volunteers recruited or coordinated 70

Larchmont Elementary

Elementary students mentored 380

Elementary students supported in an out of school program 75

Elementary students tutored 380

Elementary students tutored in reading 380

Existing programs expanded or improved 3

Hours spent in tutoring elementary school students 1763

Corps Member and Community Benefits

The Benefits Blue 2 gained from our experience working at Larchmont Elementary were innumerable. All of us feel as though we have gained a sense of responsibility from being a role model for children. We have also come to hold ourselves to a higher standard of accountability and professionalism. Having children watch and model everything you do is defiantly a good motivation for good behavior (not that we wouldn’t behave normally, we were just more conscience about it in the school setting). We have also had the benefit of knowing that what we were doing at Larchmont was needed by the students, greatly appreciated by the teachers and staff, and thoroughly enjoyed by our whole team. A lot of the Blue 2 team members grew enormously during our time at Larchmont, and we would like to thank the children for giving us that experience.

The community benefits that Larchmont School received from Blue 2 are mainly having a presence that they can count on being there every day, and having a sense of routine and normalcy. The students also received one on one time with us, whether it was them reading to us, doing math flash cards, or just asking how their weekend was. We all feel as though we got to know many of the children and that they each had a friend in us. Another benefit that Larchmont received from us is the Community Volunteer Day (CVD) that we did at the school. We planted two gardens in the school, painted the line in the center of the hallway, and played lots of games with the children. Our CVD was a huge success and it was really great for all of the parents to have the chance to meet us.