Outreach at Pullman Porter Park

A group of eleven students, Sang, and I spent one of the last warm and sunny days of the year helping out at Pullman Porter Park in East St. Louis. First, we heard the history of the park from Willie and Jean, two of our community partners. The two women have been working for many years to convert a strip of land running along the railroad from a dangerous dumping ground to a beautiful park with many trees, flower beds, and a gravel exercise trail. Students helped out by clearing brush along the edge of the park, transplanting ornamental grasses, and weeding the flower beds.