Monday, December 14, 2009

Recycling at it's best!


After the A.S.U. tour the teens came back to the DBG to make candles from the leftover votive candles that we use in our Luminaria bags. The teens were taught the special techniques of candle making in preformed molds and in boxes filled with sand that they could make their own molds in....we had many shapes and sizes! This was a great project that the teens can't wait to do again. We are thrilled to be recycling the wax instead of throwing it into the landfill.

A.S.U. Arboretum Tour for the TEENs


This past Saturday Dec. 12th the TEENs toured the A.S.U. Campus and learned about the many different kinds of plants that are on the campus. They sampled herbs from the herb garden, got tricked into eating sour oranges and picked lemonquates. They toured the secret garden...which I can't really tell you about because...it's a secret. A highlight of the tour was seeing a 20 foot tall banana tree (really an herb not a true "tree") with bananas forming on the flower stalk. Again, another great day.

More Service Work from the TEENs!


Last Sunday the TEEN group volunteered five hours at the Sonoran Desert National Monument, near Goodyear, AZ picking up trash and removing existing roads. The land has been closed to the public for over a year now, so that it can be healed from overuse and returned to a pristine state. It was a beautiful morning as it had rained the night before. We had 15 teens attend and really made some good progress. We encourage anyone to visit the Monument once it re-opens to the public next year.