Josey Gregg CAS Blogs

 As a part of being  in National Charity League, we have to complete a senior project. For our project we decided to through a dance called the "Heart Hop" for citizens of the West U Senior Center. We wanted it to be a Valentine's themed dance where we could all interact and just have a good time. Unfortunately, the planning for this was going slower than excpected. So during our last meeting we made a little bit of a change of plans because we were worried about the dance coming together. We decided to keep the idea of the heart hop, but add baked goods, crafts stations, and other activities to the mix. This way, if seniors are worried about covid they can come and go and don't have to stay for too long, but they can still have valentine's treats to bring home, they can participate in a raffle, and just have a good time, even if it's just for a little bit. At our last NCL meeting we did a lot of planning to make sure this would be able to happen. We worked on...

 Each year my school has a 2 week course intensive as we come back from winter break called J-term. This year for J-term I participated in a backpacking trip in Big Bend Ranch State Park in West Texas. While there were several parts to this trip, my favorite was the 3 day backpacking adventure we went on in the park. We took the Rancherias loop trail which ended up being about 22 miles in 3 days. While it was super fun and rewarding, nothing about it was easy. We were carrying heavy packs, there were steep uphills and we had to carry lots of water with us. At the end of each day we would arrive at our campsite exhausted but also proud of what we had accomplished. During this hike there were times when I thought I wasn't going to be able to take another step. But then I did. And I kept going and I ended up sticking with the front of the group. While I felt super duper tired by the end, I was so proud of what I had accomplished because it was way more challenging than I had expected,...