2008 Service Trip to New Orleans

I knew that I wanted this spring break to be different. Instead of going to the beach or going home to relax and focus on myself, I really wanted to get outside my comfort zone and do something for someone else. During the school semester I love to volunteer and it’s a great feeling to get off campus and help out in the community. As I researched different types of service trips, I found the Wake Alternative Break program. I connected with Devin and found out she was trying to put together a trip to New Orleans. It was exactly what I had in mind!

Having never been to New Orleans before, I was relieved to find out Devin had family there and was personally connected to the cause. We got together and traded ideas of what we wanted to do and decided to go through the program Relief Spark. After only a little advertisement of our trip around campus through flyers and e-mails, we were overwhelmed with the number of student applicants, and increased our initial group of 10 to 15.

We got a great group of people together. I can’t believe it’s already here and we’re leaving tomorrow. I know we’re all really excited about getting down there and getting started, and hopefully we’ll make it through the 12 hour drive!