There are some downsides to being in AmeriCorps NCCC, but occasionally you get a project with enough perks to make up for them. This is one of those projects.
Perk 1 – FOOOOOOD
We have been fed more than I have ever been fed in my life. Our sponsors often bring food for us for lunch and we’ve been taken out to eat several times. The amount of food that has been provided to us by our various sponsors has been incredible. And it’s not just run of the mill food. It’s GOOD. We’ve had BBQ’s thrown for us and have been invited to 2 different Rotary Club meetings with delicious food. We’ve been invited over for dinners and taken out to eat. It has been simply amazing.
Dean cooking for us.
Perk 2 – Tours
We have been able to tour places that not many people get to tour. We’ve seen old missions that are generally closed to the public. We got to tour the Border Patrol Office. We went to Kartchner Caverns State Park. We got to tour Native Seeds Search farm. It’s been a lot of touring and a lot of learning. This weekend we got to explore Mexico (after being taken out for brunch of course)!
Mission tour
mission tour
mission tour
Perk 3 – Housing
The housing on this project has been simply amazing. We’re staying at Hacienda Corona where there is a lovely pool and lots of fun stuff to get into. We get to feed the horses watermelon rinds and drive by cows everyday. It’s been quite an adventure living on a ranch. A ranch where John Wayne used to stay no less!
Perk 4 – SWAG
Upon our first day here one of the community sponsors provided us with a lot of awesome SWAG. They gave us thermal water bottles so we would always have cold water, sunscreen, bug spray, first aid kits, lunch boxes, and all sorts of other stuff. We also received pins from The Rotary Club and from Santa Cruz County. As usual I’ve been enjoying the copious amounts of free stuff.
Hannah's AmeriLife 