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2022 Make A Difference Day

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  • Participants finding their groups.
  • Bri Slager beginning the introduction.
  • Phillip Brzezinski helps with the introduction.
  • Students wait for the event to start.
  • Students are listening to the introduction.
  • The MADD t-shirts are being sorted.
  • Melissa Baker-Boosamra setting out the lunches.
  • Participants are talking during the icebreaker.
  • Melissa Baker-Boosamra introducing the speakers.
  • Melissa Baker-Boosamra passing the microphones off to the speakers.
  • Speakers Allison Palm and Muhammad Junaid Ahmed.
  • Allison Palm interviewing Muhammad Junaid Ahmed.
  • Allison Palms speaks about white cane safety day.
  • Muhammad Junaid Ahmed talks about white cane safety day.
  • Allison Palm and Muhammad Junaid Ahmed speak in front of the participants.
  • The participants listen to the speakers.
  • The speakers answer questions.
  • The participants ask the speakers questions
  • Muhammad Junaid Ahmed answers questions.
  • Muhammad Junaid Ahmed answers questions (black&white).
  • Muhammad Junaid Ahmed answers questions (b&w).
  • Participants serve at the Sustainable Agriculture Project.
  • A student puts on gloves at the SAP.
  • A student puts on gloves at the SAP (b&w).
  • Students help pull weeds at the SAP.
  • Students help with landscaping at the SAP.
  • Students help with landscaping at the SAP (b&w).
  • A participant puts weeds into a box at the SAP.
  • A participant holds up some rotten tomatoes at the SAP.
  • Students help clean up the SAP gardens.
  • Students help clean up the SAP gardens (b&w).
  • A participant holds leaves at the SAP.
  • Students work together to help at the SAP.
  • Students volunteer to help clean the garden at the SAP.
  • Students volunteer to help clean the garden at the SAP (b&w).
  • Students weed at the SAP.
  • Students look around at their service at the SAP.
  • Students help take care of the garden at the SAP.
  • Two participants talk at the SAP.
  • A participant picks up rotten vegetables off the ground at the SAP.
  • A student moves their box to collect more at the SAP.
  • A participant puts stuff into a box at the SAP.
  • A student holds an old onion at the SAP.
  • A student holds an old onion at the SAP (b&w).
  • A photo of a participants shirt at the SAP.
  • A photo of a participants shirt at the SAP (b&w).
  • A student looks at a rotten tomato and throws it into a box at the SAP.
  • A box of vegetables at the SAP.
  • A box of vegetables at the SAP (b&w).
  • Students carry a box at the SAP.
  • Students carry a box at the SAP (b&w).
  • A participant holds onions at the SAP.
  • A participant holds onions at the SAP (b&w).
  • Participants volunteer at Habitat For Humanity: Restore.
  • Students work together to serve at HFH: Restore.
  • Participants move a shelf at Restore.
  • Students set up a shelf at HFH: Restore.
  • A participant helps put things on a shelf at Restore.
  • A participant helps put things on a shelf at Restore (b&w).
  • Students help organize at Restore.
  • Students help organize at HFH: Restore.
  • Participants are carrying things at Restore.
  • Students move things around at Restore.
  • Participants help move shelves at Restore.
  • Participants stock the shelves at Restore.
  • Participants log inventory at Restore.
  • A participant logs inventory at Restore.
  • Participants log inventory at HFH: Restore.
  • A student stands on a ladder at Restore.
  • Students organize the shelves.
  • Students learn about Restore.
  • Students organize at Restore.
  • Restore.
  • Students learn at Restore.
  • Students reflect at Restore.
  • Students set up at Restore.
  • Habitat for Humanity: Restore
  • Students organize tack boards at Restore.
  • Students organize packets at Family Futures.
  • Participants organize books at SLD Read.
  • Participants organize books at SLD Read (b&w).
  • Participants wrap books at SLD Read.
  • Participants helped decorate wrapped books.
  • Participants helped decorate wrapped books (b&w).
  • Participants help cover the books.
  • Students help wrap books for mystery books.
  • A students covers a book for a mystery books.
  • Muhammad Junaid Ahmed wraps a book.
  • SLD Read (b&w)
  • Students volunteer at SLD Read (b&w).
  • Books (b&w).
  • Students volunteer at SLD Read.
  • Students serve at SLD Read.
  • Participants serve at SLD Read.
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