7-11 Neighborhood Tour

The first thing I learned from the youth was that 7-11 gives away free Slushies on July 11... Who knew?!

Our first neighborhood tour was planned around a visit to the local 7-eleven. Because we expected a downpour to begin at any moment, we abbreviated our scheduled community tour. Instead the two youth staff lead us on an abbreviated tour of Jackson Heights that included the one public park, glimpses of apartment gardens, notable architecture, the church where Scrabble was invented, and the local 7-eleven. An additional objective of the tour that the youth staff put forward was to observe that there are a very limited amount of public trashcans. We would have to carry the cups and straws all the way back to the school; however... it was trash day on one of the blocks we passed. There was a trashcan along with the piled plastic garbage bags occupying the sidewalk.
Also during this tour the youth (and staff) began to recognize the numerous "No _____" signs posted at the most appropriate youth spaces! - I think this is a premonition for the work to come - - -

"Play is the highest form of research."
Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, 1879-1945