For this post, I will talk about other people doing service for the Nature Reserve. A few days ago, my friend and I went to back to meet with Dan for him to sign off on our hours. We met him in a different area of the reserve, and there were about 30 other people there with equipment and trees. We talked to him for a bit and it turns out that Starbucks planned on having a manager’s meeting at the reserve. Managers from Starbucks from the Indianapolis area all the way to the West Lafayette area were there. They asked if there was any service they could do because they were interested in doing a service project. They were put on the duty of planting trees along the edge and grassy area surrounding the bog. It was nice to see commitment to service from a large corporation. I never would really think of Starbucks workers as the kind of people that actively look for service projects, so I was definitely taken by surprise. It seems that the Nature Reserve is a popular place for service. The area adjacent to where the Starbucks managers were working were areas with wooden poles that had the tips spray painted blue. I asked Dan what the meaning of them was and he said that later in the week, kindergartners from a nearby school were planning on coming out and helping plant trees. It was refreshing to know that all demographics helped out at the reserve and cared about its maintenance. It’s a beautiful area that no doubt requires a lot of upkeep. It was nice to see the community reaching out in multiple ways to help out in any way they could. Hopefully the reserve will continue to receive volunteers and flourish.