Spring Break
Students To Spend Break With Charity
Andrew Peters
Issue date: 10/27/05 Section: News
Despite the average student maybe having some reluctance to do community service over Spring Break, Collegiate Challenge veterans attest that the trip is no sacrifice.
"It's a great opportunity," Rispoli said. "We still get a Spring Break. We all like to travel, but it's about getting away and helping the homeless. Watching the homeless walk around us as we work is motivational enough."
Habitat for Humanity's service programs are attracting even more students to the UConn chapter, which is already around 400 strong.
"I've always been very interested in community service," said Devorah Donnell, a 1st-semester physiology and neurobiology major. "I really hope to get involved in Habitat for Humanity while here at UConn, and would definitely be interested in one of those trips over our vacations. Why not use your free time to help someone? Seeing the people's faces or even just imagining their smiles makes it all so worthwhile."
The Lakeland trip will cost somewhere between $200 and $400 per student, though fundraisers will help offset costs. Not surprisingly, the logistics are afterthoughts to the Challenge team. For Rispoli and the rest, it's just "a group of people with the same goals, and the chance of a lifetime to go on Spring Break."
"It's a great opportunity," Rispoli said. "We still get a Spring Break. We all like to travel, but it's about getting away and helping the homeless. Watching the homeless walk around us as we work is motivational enough."
Habitat for Humanity's service programs are attracting even more students to the UConn chapter, which is already around 400 strong.
"I've always been very interested in community service," said Devorah Donnell, a 1st-semester physiology and neurobiology major. "I really hope to get involved in Habitat for Humanity while here at UConn, and would definitely be interested in one of those trips over our vacations. Why not use your free time to help someone? Seeing the people's faces or even just imagining their smiles makes it all so worthwhile."
The Lakeland trip will cost somewhere between $200 and $400 per student, though fundraisers will help offset costs. Not surprisingly, the logistics are afterthoughts to the Challenge team. For Rispoli and the rest, it's just "a group of people with the same goals, and the chance of a lifetime to go on Spring Break."