Hello, my name is Aimee, I am a member of the 2018 Atlanta Bear Breaks Immersion trip. Overview of Volunteering Activities Today started out with arriving at the Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency (http://www.atlantacss.org) and dividing into two groups. ACsS offers employment readiness and job placement opportunities for homeless individuals. One group finalized … [Read more...] about Atlanta Immersion Trip Day 3
Our 2016-2017 year of Bear Breaks Immersion Trips has come to an end, so let’s take a look back on the growth, learning, and service we experienced! Bear Breaks truly held to our principles of Pop the College Bubble. Be Fully Present. Spread the Love. In 2016-17, more than 100 Citizen Bear students, faculty, and staff traveled almost 8,000 miles locally, nationally, and … [Read more...] about Recapping 2016-17 Immersion Trips
Day four in Asheville consisted of education. Today our team visited Loving Food Resources and WNCAP (Western North Carolina AIDS Project), two organizations that serve people who are living with HIV and AIDS. We were able to tour and learn about each organization and the different needs they meet within the community. By the end of our visit, each of us left with more … [Read more...] about HIV and AIDS: Helping, Fixing, or Serving?
By Nicole Glastetter "The Efroymsom Restoration at Kankakee Sands is an 8,000 acre prairie restoration project located on the Indiana/Illinois border that aims to rejuvenate the local plant and wildlife to what it was before agricultural development. Before the 1920s, the entire area plus some was Beaver Lake, the largest lake in Indiana, but only measured 10 feet at its … [Read more...] about What did the buffalo say to his son when he left home for college? Bi, son.
By YiKen Jongerius Today we volunteered at La Casa Norte, which is an organization with 6 different programs that help homeless people or people at risk of being homeless. They have emergency, transitional, and permanent housing programs that help a variety of people. They strive to help every person they can, whether it be a teenager or an adult in their 40s. We helped cook … [Read more...] about Mi Casa es Su Casa