Service project in Watsonville, November 2013 – Wings of Knowledge

Across the street from Cesar Chavez Middle School is a long fence. Youth from the middle and high schools felt it would be nice to add some color to the fence as a service project.

A long brown fence… Very common in certain neighborhoods

Up close it doesn’t look great

Each day a few hundred kids walk by this fence on the way home from school.

The fence is taped off into sections. Each team of youth can take a section and draw what they think is beautiful and uplifting.

Covering the brown fence with colorful backgrounds. Each section can have a unique color.

Iris and friends take a break.

Color emerges on Hammer Drive

Children and youth of all ages help out

Pizza: a must for lunch

Guys chilling for a bit

A special mural goes on the end of the fence

Paul and Jasmine

Taking a picture of the photographer

Coming along…

Cool concept

Josie had some of her face painted

Silvia

Lili filling up paint cups

Fresa man!

Two new painters help out

Friends visit

Alex a.k.a Yo Yo

Pretty good for a couple of hours of work!

Jason keeps Godzilla going while his team takes a break

Different styles, all colorful and nice

Walking by the new fence

Splash painting

Making sense of the splatters

Drawing outlines

Happy

Taking a break

End of a long day

Strawberry dude a good fit for Watsonville

The quote in the back reads: “So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth”

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