Hey everyone!

So our last day in Washington we cleaned the river. When they told us it was the dirtiest river in America, they truly meant it. Bottles, tires, train tracks, shopping carts, cars, the list could go on and on about what we found in that river. It was quite the eye opener. Later that night we had a little celebration , where Dan and Elena gave the cutest speech out of everyone. Purple bus love! Yes, tears came to my eyes (what a surprise). Then off we were to Minnesota. We spent two days on a bus making sure to spend every second bonding with one another--from playing hot seat to writing our yeah buddies to playing horse.

It was a sad day returning back to Minnesota. We were quite emotional if I must say. From the bus cores to Jims speech, it really hit me how much of an impact 40 college students on spring break can make. After taking our final group picture, I had to book it out of there. I spent my five minute car ride home balling to my roommate, trying to explain how amazing this trip and the people I meet were. She probably thought I was a freak. I tried to pull myself together but then lost it when I started reading my yeah buddies. I was so overwhelmed with happiness. Some of you are probably wondering what a yeah buddy is. It's just a little note saying thanks for what someone did that had an impact on you. I feel that everyone should write yeah buddies. It's a chance for you to say how you truly feel about somehow. Something that most of us never do.

I know that we, the purple bus, made an impact when the lady at the nursing home came to use with tears in her eyes, thanking us for singing to her mother and the rest of the nursing home at Milan. I know that we made an impact in Greensboro sorting and pricing products for those less fortunate then us. I know that we made an impact when we picked up over 300 bags of trash, 100 car tires, and who knows what else in the Anaconda river.

Purple Bus for life.