Kids in Trash

Yesterday (July 23), the KIAC Kids Art Camp headed out to the dump to collect items for their summer parade float. I don't think that dump has seen such a loud and wiggling group of scavengers before. Their task was to make the alphabet out of dump-stuff. The kids were surprisingly willing to touch "gross stuff" and one boy even volunteered to stand on the top of the domestic pile and/or brave the bio waste. We decided that either option was probably not a good idea due to trash avalanches and the historical dangers of poo-water (in 1903 a group of Dawsonites dumped their refuse at the bottom of 8th street and got typhoid fever after the spring ice break-up). The free store with all its toys (and all-important rubber boots!) was the biggest hit. One of the chaperones/art camp leaders, Morgan, found a golden eagle feather and had to fight the kids for it. A special thanks to Amy Ball, the Art Camp leader, for organizing the bus and snacks and bringing the group out there.