It's a bird! It's a plane! It's.... some guy in goggles?

He's faster than a flying fifth grader and stinkier than boys' feet! Yes... he is Captain Compost!

Why are our young campers being instructed by a over-exhuberant college student wearing swimming goggles and a table cloth?

To learn, dear friends and family, to learn! One of the camp-wide goals is to reduce our food waste - and our students have done very well.

The children were ASKED about compost and to our sheer embarrassment only ONE of them knew what it was or would admit it publicly.

Considering the fact that SCVi is "going comPostal" very soon, this was a real teachable moment.

SCVi's first graders are leading effort to begin school-wide composting. What our fifth and sixth graders are learning about the ultimate in organic recycling can be used back at school this Spring. The kids are also learning about recycling aluminum cans - something we have been trying to do on campus - perhaps with the help of our SCVi campers, school-wide recycling will become a reality sooner rather than later.

:-)KDL