Moanalua High School Student Association: 4/19: FINAL PROJECT AT EQUINE 808!

LEADERSHIP: IT'S NOT ABOUT REWARDS; IT'S DOING WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN IF NO ONE ELSE ACKNOWLEDGES YOU!

2022 MOANALUA HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (above) The Moanalua High School Executive Council is made up of fifteen volunteers. VOLUNTEERS! While officers are elected, they choose to run knowing that if they win, there is no physical reward, no letter grade, no incentive other than the pure satisfaction of doing a good job and representing the student body. At times, we achieve great success while at other times, we achieve somewhat less, but it is always a learning process. While we can take away much satisfaction from doing a good job, we can also learn from mistakes and try to better ourselves the next time. And so, at the end of our terms, while we do not earn a credit, a letter grade or even a certificate of achievement proving our accomplishments, we can take away the self-satisfaction in knowing that we did our best for the students, school and community, and that positive experience is something we can really use as contributing adult members of society.

Sunday

4/19: FINAL PROJECT AT EQUINE 808!

As the end of the school year approaches, it also means that the team projects are coming to a close, and the final such project was working at the Equine 808 Horse Rescue Ranch. Equine 808 takes in horses either too old for their intended duty or no longer wanted by its owner. In addition to the horse, they also had on hand a couple of donkeys, goats, pigs, chickens, ducks and guinea pigs. Our job this morning was to refurbish horse stalls full of ruts created by the horses themselves. Uneven stall floors can cause injury to the horses. This meant digging up loose dirt, filling wheelbarrows, and rolling them into the stalls. After that, mulch was used to cover the fresh dirt to provide softer footing for the shoeless horses. Dusty? Yes. Smelly? Definitely! Fun? ABSOLUTELY! It's the third time we have volunteered here in the last four years, so that says a lot. We'll be back!