Service Events

National Public Lands Day/ServiceNation Events

New Hampshire

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SCA and alternative rock band State Radio joined together for a service extravaganza in honor of National Public Lands Day and the ServiceNation Day of Action on Saturday, September 27.  Volunteers worked alongside members of the New Hampshire Conservation Corps, City Year New Hampshire, and members of State Radio doing trail maintenance in the Sandwich Range Wilderness of the White Mountains National Forest.  Then, they stuck around after a hard day's work to hear an exclusive acoustic set by State Radio! All in all, 30 volunteers contributed a combined 240 hours of service.

Seattle

SCA hosted a service event at Mount Rainier on September 27th from 9am to 4pm. There was a variety of work projects for over 100 volunteers to choose from.  The group included Rainier volunteers from our partners at Washington Trails Association and National Parks Conservation Association.  102 volunteers contributed 509 hours of service!

Houston

The Houston-area Student Conservation Association Alumni hosted our 1st Annual Houston SCA Alumni Day of Action. We assisted the Houston Arboretum with their hurricane clean-up efforts on Saturday, September 27th from 9:00 am to 12 pm. We cleared fallen limbs and trees from the main trails. The debris will be mulched and the mulch will be spread along the trails.

Pittsburgh

Saturday, September 27, 2008, 10 AM - 1:30 PM

Volunteers harvested sunflowers planted in the spring by SCA LEAP students -- our summer crews. Participants brought down plants, separated stalks from leaves for use in creating green building materials, and pulled seeds out of flower heads. The seeds will be pressed for oil to create clean-burning biofuels. This Pittsburgh Green Cities initiatives is generously funded by GTECH. We had 40 SCA participants who contributed 180 hours of conservation service.

Washington, DC

Saturday, September 27, 2008 8:30 AM- 1:30 PM

It rained, but "we had a good ol' muddy time!" reported SCA's Yahaira Lopez.

SCA teamed up with the National Park Service, the National Environmental Education Foundation, and Toyota to offer some hands-on stewardship to one of DC’s nearby national parks. This one-day event, organized jointly with SCA's Alumni Council, included individuals and groups to join in an effort to work on volunteer projects within Prince William Forest Park in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the New Deal program and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The 2008 event focused on restoring original CCC projects throughout the park. Projects included cabin repair, trail restoration, tree planting, mulching and more. We had 16 participants who contributed a combined 80 hours of service.

Columbia, SC

Saturday, September 27, 2008 9:30 AM- 4:00 PM

Who knew that pulling grass could be so much fun!

SCA alumni and friends joined the National Park Service, volunteers from across South Carolina, and Friends of Congaree to get down and dirty for the highly anticipated National Public Lands Day. Organized by SCA's Alumni Council, the group of 40 volunteers set out to remove invasive Japanese Bamboo Grass from the park and removing litter from around the entrance and along the park boundaries. Prior to lunch, the group gathered close to 20 bags of the invasive species and learned a lot more about the area as well. Concluding the day, 15 bags of litter were properly disposed of and the group set out to explore the floodplain in more depth. We had 40 participants who put in 120 hours worth of service.