Blog 14: Independent Component 1

LITERAL
(a) I, Darlene Dela Rosa, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
 
(b) Lorena Avila. lavila@coh.org. (626)256-4673 X63316
 
(c) Click HERE for digital log 
d)

- Attended on the behalf of City of Hope

-  Painted glue on two arch shaped structures and layered pink straw-flower on the front and back surface of it

-  Prepared a bucket of flower petals by cutting petals off of flowers by hand

-  Cleaned up the area around the float and also swept away excess material on the float

-  Sifted a box of crushed rice by using tweezers to remove onion seeds from the batch

-  Glued down strawflower on the entire surface of the float centerpiece, which was an Erlenmeyer flask that stood about 13 feet tall with flames beneath it
-Flattened air bubbles on a certain portion of the float
-Kept the team loaded on supplies (glue, petals, etc.)  
 
INTERPRETIVE   


 
Prepped the arch with glue and then went over the surface with pink strawflower. There were two arches and I did the front and back of each. (8 hours) After this there was a huge mess so I had to clean up all the strawflower that fell. (1 hour) 
 
 After that, I did went to the design preparation station and I had to cut flower petals off of flowers. I collected an entire bucket of petals. (3 hours)

 
Laying Strawflower (dark pink) at the very base of the Boiling Flask. (2 hours)


 
 Adding glue to the surface of the Boiling Flask and laid strawflower over the entire body of the flask. (6 hours)


Applying dark yellow strawflower to the flames at the underneath the boiling flask. (5 Hours)



 Picked out onion seeds from a pile of rice. (2 hours)
After this, I cleaned up the area around the float (1 hour)

 
 I restocked the supply station continually for a certain period of time and was basically labeled as the "runner", as the chiefs liked to call me.  (2 hours) 


I had to get rid of all the air bubbles in this portion of the float. (3 hours)

APPLIED
My experience at the Pasadena Rose Parade taught me the importance of how to perform exemplary work in a timely manner, of teamwork and of volunteering. I learned that even the littlest contribution could lead to an extraordinary outcome. There was actually a really great outcome this year with volunteers. So many showed up for City of Hope. This proved to me that members of a community can really come together and end up becoming an entire support network. There were so many people to help with the City of Hope Rose Parade float. Without these volunteers, I do not think the float would've finished in time. This experience proved to me that a support network is very beneficial and can ultimately amount to a greater outcome. Together, we were able to spread awareness of cancer symbolically through the 2013 City of Hope float.