Joey finally told my team where we're going for our first spike! After we finished dinner and general announcements he laid our project briefs upside down on the table, and when they were all laid out he said "Flip!" and we all turned them over.
Blue 1 is going to the Oregon Garden! It's in Siverton, Oregon, which is about an hour south from Portland. We will be working to "conserve, rehabilitate and improve" individual gardens, wetlands, and an old oak grove. We will also be upgrading and installing new trails and making educational signs for the garden.
There is, however, a small possibility that my team could be sent to the east coast to help recover from Sandy. Jose, our region director, told us that they were preparing our current sponsors for the possibility that we will have to leave. Every Pacific Region Corps Member filled out Red Cross volunteer registration paperwork last night that would let us deploy quickly if need be. The Pacific Region is farthest west of all five campuses, but we are actually the third that would be called in. Two of the five regions currently have FEMACorps Members at them, who are doing administrative work with FEMA, rather than the hands-on work we would potentially be deployed for.
I would really love to go east. The work I'll be doing in Oregon will be valuable, but there is just no comparison to the difference we could make on the east coast right now.
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