Spring Break
Group to travel during break for service project
Third-annual Alternative Spring Break travels to Santa Cruz to help with homeless garden
Katie Thorn
Issue date: 3/16/07 Section: News
Three vans carrying a total of 25 students will soon travel to Santa Cruz, Calif., in conjunction with the Community Service Center's Alternative Spring Break from March 24 to March 31.
The group will work with the Homeless Garden Project, a non-profit agency dedicated to bringing people together from the community while practicing and teaching principles of economic and ecological sustainability, the group's Web site said.
One goal of the week-long service project includes branching out to others in a community outside of Corvallis.
"We wanted to volunteer somewhere outside of our regular community," said Kaleena Tuffo, a co-adviser for the trip. "We decided to go to Santa Cruz, not only because most of the group hasn't been there, but also because we know there is a large need when it comes to helping the homeless."
This will be the third year the student-run service project will take place. The past two years, the group traveled to California to help Habitat for Humanity.
"Since it's student run and student-based, students get to choose where to travel," said Tuffo, a sophomore in sociology. "We were thinking of Seattle, but because the weather might not be as nice and students had already been there before, we decided on Santa Cruz."
Applications were accepted earlier in the year â€" 30 applied and 25 were let into the program. In the application, the service project's mission emphasized the amount of personal growth.
"Since not a lot of students have time to dedicate to community service, many of them choose spring break," said Danya Rumore, the Community Service Center Alternative Spring Break Coordinator. "It's the idea of being productive and having fun, all while growing as an individual."
Many students decided to go on the trip because of lack of spring break activity.
"A lot of students think, 'I might as well do something and have fun with it,' so they come on the trip," said Rumore, a senior in environmental science. "It is definitely a worth-while event."
The group will work with the Homeless Garden Project, a non-profit agency dedicated to bringing people together from the community while practicing and teaching principles of economic and ecological sustainability, the group's Web site said.
One goal of the week-long service project includes branching out to others in a community outside of Corvallis.
"We wanted to volunteer somewhere outside of our regular community," said Kaleena Tuffo, a co-adviser for the trip. "We decided to go to Santa Cruz, not only because most of the group hasn't been there, but also because we know there is a large need when it comes to helping the homeless."
This will be the third year the student-run service project will take place. The past two years, the group traveled to California to help Habitat for Humanity.
"Since it's student run and student-based, students get to choose where to travel," said Tuffo, a sophomore in sociology. "We were thinking of Seattle, but because the weather might not be as nice and students had already been there before, we decided on Santa Cruz."
Applications were accepted earlier in the year â€" 30 applied and 25 were let into the program. In the application, the service project's mission emphasized the amount of personal growth.
"Since not a lot of students have time to dedicate to community service, many of them choose spring break," said Danya Rumore, the Community Service Center Alternative Spring Break Coordinator. "It's the idea of being productive and having fun, all while growing as an individual."
Many students decided to go on the trip because of lack of spring break activity.
"A lot of students think, 'I might as well do something and have fun with it,' so they come on the trip," said Rumore, a senior in environmental science. "It is definitely a worth-while event."
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