Spy Hop Productions Video Project

We are currently in the pre-production phase of our project. This means lots of phone calls and emails and scheduling. Our goal is to interview participants and document as many of the other projects as possible. Unfortunately, due to school and work schedules, we will be focusing on projects that are based along the Wasatch Front. Our team is assembled and we are in the process of waiting for replies or planning shoots. We hope to begin interviews the second week of February.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Mural Project

The mural is coming along pretty well at this point. About a third of the mural has been prepped for painting and has actually started to be painted by the kids. About 35 students from Beehive Elementary, Horizon Elementary, Parkside Elementary, Vista Elementary and Parkside Elementary have all participated thus far. Their Bigs that have been the leaders of the project have been from Kearns High School and Taylorsville High School. We still have quite a bit of work to do at this point. It has been challenging to schedule different weeks to go to different schools. The kids and their mentors have come up with some really great ideas and have been really excited about doing a service project for other kids. I am hoping to have some Art Teaching students from the University of Utah help facilitate the project in the coming weeks.

St.George SK8 Park

Jett, Rulon and others who frequent the popular SK8 Park in St. George are eager to get started on this project, but disappointed their early suggestion for a BMX track alongside the SK8 Park was shot down by the city of St. George. From an engineering standpoint, it was determined there is the problem of a catch basin which would gather debris and would require constant maintenance. In the meantime, seedlings are being ordered and in a super-duper service learning project, student participants will get together to plant the seedlings in those famous Styrofoam cups from their elementary school days! Once the seedlings have matured a little, the youth volunteers will transplant them to the SK8 Park, according to the city’s master plan for landscaping at the site.

LINDA SAPPINGTON