Penn State York students, Adam Prusakowski, left, and Noah Pak, measured drywall for a hurricane damaged house in Wilmington, North Carolina, during the 2019 Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip.
Penn State York's 2019 ASB trip was to Wilmington, North Carolina, where students and chaperones worked om projects following the devastation of Hurricane Florence. Sheri Yoder, global education coordinator at Penn State York and a trip chaperone, worked with students Lauren Thornton and Yaxin Zhang to hang drywall in a house damaged by the hurricane.
Penn State York students participating in an alternative spring break this week in Texas have shared a few photos as their experience is coming to a close. The York group, consisting of 10 students and two chaperones, joined students and staff from five other Penn State campuses for a week of disaster-relief work in areas ravaged by Hurricane Harvey.
Ninive Robles-Flores, left, and Shireen Elayan, right, both Penn State York students, help out at the Cathedral Church in Beauumont, Texas, which serves as the host site for volunteers doing disaster-relief work.
Penn State York students Carson McCaffrey, left, and Devon Ream, right, carry away wood from a shed taken down as part of their work during the alternative spring break trip in Texas.
Members of the Penn State York group doing disaster-relief work in areas of Texas ravaged by Hurricane Harvey, hold on to a power line while others take down a shed that is no longer able to be used. The 12-person group from York, 10 students and two chaperones, are part of a 100-person team from Penn State making a difference with an alternative spring break. The group returns over the weekend, and heads back to classes Monday, March 12.
Helping other people, making a difference, the experience of meeting new people, stepping out of their comfort zone, sharing a meaningful goal, and putting spring break to good use are just some of the reasons given by Penn State York students about to travel to Texas, the Beaumont and Port Arthur areas, devastated by Hurricane Harvey.
Ten students and two chaperones will travel to Texas during the University's spring break in March to do disaster relief work. The York group is part of about a 100-member team from Penn State traveling to Beaumont and Port Arthur to volunteer. Front row, Shireen Elayan, Adam Prusakowski, and Lauren Clemens; second row, Ninive Robles-Flores, Karra Thomason, Krista Searfoss, Thalia Splawn, Jelena Young and Dan Puccio; back row, Devon Ream and Carson McCafferty. Sheri Yoder, the second chaperone on the trip, is not pictured.
Dan Puccio, associate director os student affairs at Penn State York and a chaperone for the alternative spring break trip, leads a discussion session with students who are preparing to spend their spring break doing disaster relief in Texas in areas ravaged by Hurricane Harvey.
