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JAY, OKLAHOMA - More than 200 students, volunteers, Delaware County employees and Cherokee Nation staff gathered together to plant pine trees along the nearly completed Summerfield Hollow Road in Delaware County.
Students from four schools, recipients of a service-learning sub-grant from the CN Learn and Serve program, participated with other youth and adults in the Summerfield Hollow Road beautification project. 
"There were more than 9,000 pine seedlings delivered for the group to plant along the 6.2 mile stretch of road that was constructed by the Cherokee Nation", said Harley Buzzard, Cherokee Nation roads program director.
After a morning of tree planting, the Cherokee Nation roads program treated volunteers to a meal in the Jay Community Park. The meal was followed by a reflection activity with students. The activity emphasized the goals that can be accomplished when people work together. The student volunteers were all members of the Cherokee Nation Learn and Serve program.
"Reflection is an essential aspect of the service-learning education method promoted by the Learn and Serve program", said Donna Gourd, Cherokee Nation Learn and Serve program manager. "It is used as an opportunity for students to think about the values involved in the service they perform."
"This was a good project because it allowed the students to get out of their own world and make a difference in the world around them", added Darlene Denny, Cherokee Nation Learn and Serve program coordinator.
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Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation Director of Communications Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210) Fax: 918-458-5580 E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org
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Steven Swogger, Agriculture Liaison Natural Resources Department Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2546) FAX: 918-458-7673 E-mail: sswogger@cherokee.org
Bradley D. Peak, Cherokee Nation |