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    The author discusses their experience on an Alternative Spring Break trip to New Orleans. They spent a week volunteering at a charter school and rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Living simply and hearing personal accounts of families still displaced by the hurricane seven years later broadened the author's perspective. The author encourages everyone to consider Alternative Spring Break as a way to gain a sense of accomplishment through service and living simply over spring break.

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    The author discusses their experience on an Alternative Spring Break trip to New Orleans. They spent a week volunteering at a charter school and rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Living simply and hearing personal accounts of families still displaced by the hurricane seven years later broadened the author's perspective. The author encourages everyone to consider Alternative Spring Break as a way to gain a sense of accomplishment through service and living simply over spring break.

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    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012. HILLTOP VIEWS

    The Alternative Spring Break experience offers perspective


    Chris Byno~
    cbynoe@stedwards,edu

    I went on the Alternative Spring Break trip to New "Orleans, and it was a meaningful experience that I believe everyone should do at least once during their time at St. Edward's University. Preparation for the' trip included a day of cleanup in Bastrop after the wildfires, a Saturday Retreat to take care of trip logistics, and weekly meetings in which we prepared to live simply and engage the community we would be working with. By the time Spring Break rolled around, my group members and I were ready to head to New Orleans and make an impact in the Cajun community. We spent our first weekend taking in the sights and sounds of New Orleans and getting to know the wonderful Sisters of Charity who were host-: ingus. On Monday; we started working. Mornings were devoted to the KIPP School, a charter school in New Or-

    leans that was hit hard by family home motivated me Hurricane Katrina, working throughout the week. with children and doingjobs Although lying out on the for administrators. The af- beach is relaxing, engaging ternoons and evenings con- in social justice over spring sisted of spackling, sanding break is an alternative that I encourage everyone to and painting an opportunity house, which is a home de- consider. The Alternative stroyed by the hurricane Spring, Break experience that is'being rebuilt and sold turned out to be not only a to a displaced family at a re- way for me to clear my head after a rough midterm week, duced price. One of the things I appre- but also an opportunity to ciated most about the ex- gain a sense of accomplish~perience was living simply; ment in the process. r enjoyed making peanut Back on campus, I feel butter and jelly sandwiches ready to take on new opporc for lunch everymorning and tunities to make an impact playing "Bananagrarns" and in the St Edward's and Aus"tongues"with the group in tin communities and in the. lives of others wherever I the evenings. What impacted me most can. Socialjustice isn't limitin New Orleans was hear- ed to other communities_ing for the first time the while it's important to help' personal accounts of fami- people in communities like lies who survived America's New Orleans, people in the deadliest hurricane. Many Austin area need help too. Even if you don't get the of these families are still displaced in shelters, trailers , opportunity to take an Aland neighboring states after ternative Spring Break trip, seven long years. It broad- my ASB experience' conened my perspective on why vinced me that everyone I was in New Orleans, and who car- should take' the the knowledge that we were time to livemore simply and helping to bring a deserving help people in need.

    , , "" Photo courtesy of Chris Bynoe Alternative Spring Break allows St. Edward's students to live simply and help people.

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