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Our Alternative Spring Break
trips are our biggest event each year. Over the past four years, we've
had close to 70 people participate on our Alternative Spring Breaks. Our
goal of our Alternative Spring Break trips is to provide an alternative
break for UConn students who do not wish to go party for a week down in
Cancun or Mexico. We travel to various parts of the country to help with
disaster relief. So far we've helped with hurricane relief in two parts
of the country.
In 2006, 16 of us traveled to
Port Charlotte, FL to help with Hurricane Charlie relief. While there we
worked on a home of a single man whose house was damaged when a tree
fell on it. He had been living in a FEMA trailer since the hurricane
hit. Our jobs included re-shingling the whole roof, doing some framing,
and helping clear out the inside of the house.
For the past three years
(2007-2009), we've traveled to Slidell, LA. In 2007, 15 of us went down,
where we worked on two sites. One group was helping frame a building
that eventually became a church. The other group was working on the home
of two older sisters that had been flooded by Hurricane Katrina. Our
work involved installing insulation and sheetrock around the house. In
2008, 20 of us were placed at a home in New Orleans that had also been
flooded. While there we worked on finishing hanging sheetrock on the
lower level of the house and started taping and mudding the sheetrock
that had been hung on the upper level of the house. In 2009, 18 of us
worked in two groups. One group worked with a group of 4 Mennonite
gentlemen framing a building that was to become a shelter for men who
had jobs, but could not afford housing. The other group split time
between two houses. At both we spent our time hanging sheetrock and
performing various small jobs around the yard. To read about our
experiences on the 2009 trip, please read our blog:
http://uccuconnasb09.blogspot.com/
For our 2010 trip, we have 24
people that will be traveling to Texas City, TX. Our trip this year is
from March 6th-13th. While down there, we will be helping repair houses
or buildings in or near the Galveston area that were damaged when
Hurricane Ike hit the area in 2008. We will be working through a group
called the Disciples Disaster Recovery, Inc. that was formed by the
Disciples of Christ after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. They have 8
different mission stations along the Gulf Coast, including the Slidell,
LA station that we stayed at. The Texas City, TX site is also in
partnership with the United Church of Christ. We will be staying at the
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Texas City. We regret
that we are unable to take any more people on our 2010 trip, as the site
can hold up to only 24 people.
FOLLOW US DURING OUR 2010 TRIP TO
TEXAS CITY, TX! We will be posting to our blog as time permits both
before the trip occurs and throughout the trip.
http://uccuconnasb2010.blogspot.com/
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