Street Sweeping

On Saturday I had my first Beta Club volunteer experience. We had to clean up the streets around Apollo. I knew that it had gotten cold outside but I didn't realize it was freezing outside. I had on sweatpants and a light weight sweatshirt and I figured that I had on plenty of clothing. My mom kept telling me that I should put on more clothes but I don't get cold that easily so I didn't put on any extra layers. I also stopped at Starbucks and got a venti espresso truffle because I figured that it would also help warm me up. I drank the whole drink before we even started. When I got there we had to stand outside and get instructions and trash bags. By the time my groups got our trash bags and started walking to our street I was frozen. I was amazed at all of the trash on the streets. There seemed to be just about anything you could think of on the street. Probably the most interesting thing someone found were syringes that still had stuff in them. I wasn't going to touch them but some of the other girls were brave enough to. Some of the girls also were chased by a dog. They had to cross to the other side of the street so that they wouldn't get bitten. The owner of the dog came outside of her house and said that the dog wouldn't bite. How would she know if it wouldn't bite? It looked like a dog that could have rabis. After we had frozen for a hour we were finally finished. As soon as we got done I went to Starbucks for a second time and got a venti cofee to warm me up. By first Beta club project taught me many things: dress warm in cold weather, don't throw your trash on the roads, and Starbucks really is a life saver when you need something to warm you up.