San Jose Conservation Corps

“I like that we got the opportunity to connect and mingle with the other project fellows as well as the Corps members and staff - both of whom have been friendly and supportive to us. The projects were guided, but primarily self-directed and a lot of fun. They were challenging, but taught me to be more independent, resourceful, and team-oriented. In addition, I got to intermingle with fellows from other projects so I'm not restricted to just my own project. I got to learn how to compost food waste, how people are delivering and storing rescued food, and so on. In essence, I got to go outside my comfort zone and try out different projects, even if I was assigned to Performance Monitoring & Evaluation.”