Madeline Sorum, a College of St. Benedict student from St. Joseph, steadies her battery-powered drill as she taps into a maple tree for sap in the woods near St. John’s Prep in Collegeville during Community Tapping Day Feb. 25.
Sadie George (left), a College of St. Benedict student from St. Joseph, kneels and readies a plastic bucket to collect sap while Mariah Wojtanowitz (center), an 11-year-old from Eden Valley, uses a hammer to insert the tap into a maple syrup tree. Madeline Sorum (right), also a Bennie from St. Joseph, volunteers her help during Community Tapping Day in Collegeville Feb. 25.
