Spring Break
For my spring break I went to Mississippi and build houses with Habitat for Humanity. I did this through a group on campus called Alternative Spring Break. This is my second year participating in this. I had a blast as a freshman doing it so I decided to involve myself with this group again. We worked on a house near Biloxi, MS. We started of the week with just a concrete slab and some of the frame of the house complete.
This is a picture of what we started with.....
After working for almost a week this is what we were able to complete. In addition to Widener students being at this work site there were volunteers from a church in Chicago and some AmeriCorps volunteers.
After we were done working we went out and explored the area. It was a lot of fun to enjoy the local food and specialties. Near by our work site there was a place called The Shed, which is a BBQ and blues restaurant. As it turns out this was a nationally award winning restaurant. The BBQ I had was amazing best ribs I've had in my life.
Another aspect of this trip that I particularly liked was getting to know other Widener students. When I first got on the airplane with the rest of the group I didn’t know many of them. By the end of this trip I had gotten to know most of the people on the trip pretty well. When you spend an entire week with someone you really get to see another side of them that you wouldn’t see at Widener.
