It’s officially day three of our alternative spring break in New Orleans, and we’ve wrapped up two days of volunteering with an organization called lowernine.org. So far our group of 16 has worked on a few different projects. We’ve done painting on a couple of different houses and some extensive cleanup work/restoration on another house. Tomorrow we have the opportunity…
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Returning to NOLA (again?)
This is year three for me, and every year this trip sort of sneaks up on me. Then the week itself is a rush, and before I know it, I’m back in Albany. In three days I will be flying with 14 Saint Rose students and one other staff member to New Orleans to continue Hurricane Katrina rebuilding. I am once…
Restore the Shore
It wasn’t too long ago that Sandy hit and destroyed the shore and hundreds of homes. After talking to a few people on campus, we decided that we wanted to head south to help. This past weekend, I took three Saint Rose staff members and 10 fellow students home with me. My parents borrowed air mattresses from everyone we knew…
Volunteering = Good Karma
Like almost every other american I like things of material like my new rain boots or my iPod but something else that I love comes with no material benefit at all. I love to volunteer and rack up good karma points. I love to think that when you do something nice for someone else somewhere down the line something good will…
Project SLATE: Service Learning and Teacher Education
My second year in graduate school here at Saint Rose I was fortunate enough to get a graduate assistantship (GA) with the campus community service office. Before that I had done some random volunteering here and there, but with my GA I suddenly became fully immersed in volunteering and the service learning experience. I can honestly say that it changed…