Spring break came to an abrupt end when I woke up this morning to an early 9am parasitology class and interview. Now here I am sitting at work reflecting over what all I did during that week away from Meredith. For starters let me tell you about my experience with the Sloan Leadership Experience, a program set in place for Meredith students to travel and complete service and leadership projects.
This year’s Sloan Leadership program took place in Pittsboro at the Carolina Tiger Rescue, Asheboro at the NC Zoo, and ended with some relaxation in Charlotte. While at the Carolina Tiger Rescue we cleared some of the brush around the perimeter of the compound. This was done in order to distinguish between the land of the tiger rescue and public property. With us taking care of the brush and making a clear pathway this will help the rescue facility to create a fire barrier to ensure the facility is safe from wild fires. After clearing the brush we took a tour of the compounds and looked at several of the big cats including tigers and lions, and also some smaller wild cats such as ocelots and bobcats. Later that day we traveled to Asheboro and went to the zoo from our hotel the next morning. While at the zoo we helped some of the grounds people to mulch the parking lot, which took about three hours. Once we finished mulching the parking we were able to spend a couple of hours touring the zoo. After our zoo tour we then headed to Charlotte. That night in Charlotte we were given free time to eat and travel to wherever.
I would definitely recommend signing up for the Sloan Leadership Experience next year. It is a lot of fun and you really get to know other students.
See ya!
Janice
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