Student Volunteers: SucSEEDing in planting for their futures

摘要

On weekends during the school year, and any day during the summer, teams of adults and high school students volunteer at the Wings of the Tropics exhibit in the Clinton Family Conservatory. Ted Adelman, the Saturday afternoon day captain, says that working with teen volunteers is gratifying because the students are interested in learning and glad to give back to the community. Adelman especially enjoys having five current John A. Ferguson High School students— Taiss Arzayus, Andrea Mora, Joel Cardoso, Flor Mireles and Valentina Satizabal—on his team. He says he sees them "... progress and shed their shyness as they learn to interact with visitors in the butterfly conservatory." He adds it is good for society to have the teens work alongside "geezers" like him, facilitating a positive interchange between generations.