April 2011
CCI exchange students along with their local coordinator cleaned up debris that had built up in the stream during the winter months. This effort allowed the water to flow much more easily through the park's water-powered mill. The team also worked to remove invasive plants around the stream and pathways.
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January 2011
CCI exchange students along with their local coordinator and host families participated in a citrus picking event. The group went around to people's homes in their community with citrus trees and collected the fruit to give to a church food bank.
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January 2011
CCI's National Office Staff spent their Tuesday evenings in January volunteering at the St. Thomas of Canterbury Soup Kitchen in Chicago. The soup kitchen typically serves over a hundred homeless people a meal.
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January 2011
CCI exchange students, host families and local coordinators planted trees with United Way and other environmental groups in this regional event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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CCI’s Going Greenheart Tour: Recycling Park City December 2010
Work and Travel students working in Park City, Utah spent the afternoon volunteering at Recycle Park City as a part of CCI’s Going Greenheart Tour. Students helped organize recyclables and got to know their CCI representatives Adra and Beth!
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Reviving Oregon Streams and Salmon Populations
November 2010
Greenheart club members helped revive Columbia river tributaries in Oregon by throwing dead fish carcasses into streams. The dead fish carcasses give important nutrients to river ecosystem.
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Salvation Army Drive at Syracuse Football Game
October 2010
CCI exchange students participated in a Greenheart project by fundraising and collecting donations on behalf of the Salvation Army at the beginning of a Syracuse football game. The donations will benefit 3,500 low income families in the region for the holidays.
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Greenheart Flash Yoga Performance
September 30, 2010
Greenheart participants caught Chicago by surprise when they performed a yoga routine at Chicago’s Union Station.
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Chicago Growing Power
September 2010
CCI and Greenheart employees partnered up with Chicago’s urban garden Growing Power and volunteered a couple afternoons pulling weeds and digging up vegetables.
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Oregon Beach Clean Up
September 2010
Six CCI exchange students gathered along with some host family members to clean up the Oregon coastline as part of Stop Oregon Littering and Vandalism (SOLV) for a Greenheart activity.
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Living La Vida Verde
June 19, 2010
In the 2nd annual eco-urbanite celebration organized by CCI and Greenheart, Chicagoans helped clean up the beach along Lake Michigan and participated in workshops about the environment.
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Spring Break in Hawaii
March 2010
While on the island of Oahu, CCI exchange students got to learn and volunteer at great sites like Hanauma Bay, Organic Farms in Malalaulima, and Waikiki Aquarium.
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Spring Break in Portland
March 2010
CCI exchange students spent a week visiting tourist spots and environmental sites in Portland, Oregon. The best part of their trip—volunteering to preserve forests.
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Living La Vida Verde
April 2009
In CCI & Greenheart’s first annual Living La Vida Verde event, the CCI and Greenheart community in Chicago joined together to clean up the Oak Street beach along Lake Michigan.
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Spring Break in Hawaii
March 2009
Environmental volunteering, ecological site visits, and meeting other exchange students is how CCI exchange students spent their Spring Break in Hawaii.
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Spring Break in New Orleans
March 2008
CCI exchange students living across the U.S. gathered for a week of environmental and social community service in rebuilding New Orleans. The students also got to experience some of the rich traditions of New Orleans like Mardi Gras and jazz.
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