This semester, I participated in Pay it Forward’s event, Spring Into Service. At this event, a friend and I were randomly assigned to a location in Columbus to perform duties that would better the earth in celebration of the beginning of Earth Month. We were assigned to help the Sierra Club pick up trash from a lot used as a local dumping ground. After a few hours, we had come across spilled oil, large batteries, glass, styrofoam cups, and lots and lots of plastic. At the end of the event, two trucks were nearly full of bags with trash and recyclables that had been removed from the area. Looking at the massive mounds of trash that we had dug up, I felt oddly satisfied. Although it had been a bit of a tedious task, I was able to leave knowing that at least a tiny corner of Columbus had been saved by the efforts of us Ohio State students.