Civic Identity

Chandler's skills she applied to the trip:

• Organization: While at the House of Ruth, other team members and myself helped sort out clothes that were donated and put them in the correct piles. At Our House, we helped clean and organize their main rooms so their materials were neat and organized.
• Hard work: At the House of Ruth, we spent the entire morning raking up leaves and then helped spread mulch around the areas that needed it.
• Communication: Throughout the entire trip, communication was a vital skill. This is how we planned our days, how we accomplished our daily goals, and how we reflected on our days.

Shelby's skills she applied to the trip:

• Teamwork: Obviously, teamwork was important since we were a Hawkeye Service Team. An exampleof this from our trip was when we were raking leaves at House of Ruth. There was always someone who needed to hold the bag upright and, although this doesn't seem super important, it was extremely helpful for the people putting leaves into the bags and made the whole process easier.
• Positivity: There were always times when we had to do things that we did not love, but keeping a positive attitude made everything more enjoyable for all of us.
• Determination: Being determined to finish a task, even when it seems never ending. While painting at Our place, we spent hours and hours just taping. Because we had not even started to paint, the task seemed incredibly daunting. But we were all determined to finish it and were successful in completing the task.

Gabi's skills she applied to the trip:

• Optimism: Various bumps in the road are likely to happen when you're volunteering with a group of new people in an unfamiliar space, but keeping a positive attitude about the day and the projects we were doing kept everyone's spirits high. Staying optimistic and always reminding ourselves why we were in Louisville and the importance of service brought us together and made us a stronger team.
• Leadership: There were multiple times during the trip that leadership was necesary to get our tasks done. While at House of Ruth, we needed to make an assembly line to bag together food items. It was important for someone to take the lead to get the project started.
• Adaptability: During our trip we focused on Public Health but got to experience a wide variety of service opportunities. The ability to change from one task to the next and openness to try new things was essential for getting our tasks done.