Seminoles Tribe

The Seminoles are a Native American tribe originally of Florida. The Seminoles lived primarily in the state of Oklahoma. The Seminoles were composed of Native Americans from Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama, most significantly the Creek people, as well as African Americans who escaped to Florida from slavery in South Carolina and Georgia.

Fort Myers - Museum at night.

Florida Forest Fire Facts

1 Florida has about 5,000 wildfires each year, with the most active time of the
state’s 12-month wildfire season occurring March through June

2 On average, Florida experiences the second highest number of wildfires in the
nation. During dry years, Florida experiences severe wildfires—wildfires that
destroy homes, disrupt people's lives and impact our economy

3 The continued drought and several hard freezes that killed grasses and woodland
brush, and hurricane debris have significantly increased the occurrence of
wildfires throughout Florida

4 The Florida Division of Forestry administers Florida’s outdoor burning and forest
fire laws

5 Prescribed fire is a cost effective tool to reduce fuel buildups which can cause
dangerous wildfire conditions, thus providing increased protection to people, their
homes and the forest

6 It is illegal to burn household garbage including paper products, treated lumber,
plastics, rubber materials, tires, pesticide, paint, and aerosol containers

7 About 25 percent of all wildfires are intentionally set, making arson a leading
cause of wildfire in Florida

Everyone should be aware of these 7 facts about forest fire.

Lets protect our forests!

Life Care Center of Estero

This is me watering the flowers that we planted at Life Care Center of Estero.

Service hours

This picture was taken at the Life Care Center of Estero, a nursing home. The lady next to me is Gladys, she is the most adorable lady at the nursig home.

Everytime I went to the nursing home. Gladys would invite me to her room for some banana bread. She loved spending time with us, and so did we.

It was the best 10 hours that I have spent in a long time.

ECO-Animals

At ECO we saw animals like rabbits. I love rabbits, I think they are very cute and friendly animals. Rabbits live in many areas around the world, they live in groups, and the most common and known specie, the Europena rabbits, live in underground, the rabbit holes.

An interesting fact: more than half the world's rabbit population resides in North America.

Here is a cute picture of a huge rabbit that we saw at ECO. :)

ECO-Moringa

At Eco, the plant that caught my attention the most was the Moringa plant. It interested me because of it's incredible quantity of nutrients, minerals, and because it is Eco's most popular plant.

The most widely known species is the Moringa oleifera, which is a multi purpose tree. It is native to the foothills of the Himalays, India.

Moringa is a very popular plant, currently it is used to combat poverty and malnutrition. It grows quickly in many types of environments, and much of the plant is edible.

The leaves are rich in proteins, vitamins A, B, and C, and it is very rich in minerals.