Bintou Kaba's Capstone

For my capstone project, I did a neighborhood cleanup with the help of my friend and parent. I live in southwest Philadelphia and it’s not the prettiest neighborhood around. I wanted to take s step toward creating our environment, into a welcoming place. An environment where people like myself can walk to the bus stop without worrying about trash being all over the place. The leading cause of this “trashy-ness” is the lack of trashcans. Having a few trashcans around each neighborhood can help lower the statistics of Philly being so dirty. Taking some time out of my day and starting a neighborhood cleanup will not only benefit me but my community as a whole. I wanted to help my community in some way before I leave for college and this is one of the many ways to do so. My contribution and project were the start of possibly, something bigger. I spent time after school with friends and cleaned up as much as I could. The challenges I anticipated were volunteers and weather; I did have a lack of volunteers. The weather wasn’t an issue and at first, the lack of volunteers bothered me, but once I started the project, it was pretty easy and fun to do. I took photos of our progress and how we managed with everything we had.

Annotated Bibliography https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v1Ag_bEoKELp3SvkvyR1ACDFSBAoOmH5jUTChZyfFy4/edit?usp=sharing

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