Goofy Goobers

Team Goofy Goobers

Some things about us:

Ethan Kennedy:

This is my first semester here at Penn State Berks. I am from Hamburg PA and my intended major is business. My favorite sport is basketball and my favorite team is the Sixers.

Niko Miranda:

I am a first year student attending Penn State Berks. I am from Warren, New Jersey. My major is criminal justice and I plan on going into law enforcement.

Travis Mauger:

I am a Freshman here at Penn State Berks. I am from Exeter Township, PA and I intend to major in Psychology. It is my eventual goal to become a licensed military psychologist.

Summary of Service

For our service we conducted research on behalf of the Schuylkill River Trail Feasibility Study. This was done primarily by gathering information on parks and recreation areas in many of the municipalities between Birds-borough and Hamburg. We than traveled to these locations to gather more information and pictures to upload to the spreadsheet that contained all of our information.

Map of Schuylkill River Greenways Heritage Area

Poster Board demonstrating our research and service

Schuylkill River

Service Video

EACAP Brochure

Summary of Research

For the research aspect of our project we picked the topic land use. Before researching the topic land use, we thought it was a great connection with our service because of how land should be used effectively. Land is often times put to waste and harmful towards the environment. Part of our quest with the service was to venture off to different parks and municipalities and spread awareness for how land can actually be used to benefit the world. Land use is a very important issue that is not talked about enough when pertaining the environment.

Team Reflection

Overall the team of Goofy Goobers had a very eventful time traveling to the different parks and municipalities to gather images and information for the SRT.  We gained responsibility throughout this whole project because it involved a whole lot of tasks and deadlines to meet. Teamwork was a huge factor for us where we made a group chat and communicated in it almost every day. This project allowed us to build a bond and represent the truth of who the goofy goobers really are!