In two short weeks I will be on my way to Dallas, Tx with the rest of my service team. For a week we will have the opportunity to work with two amazing community organizations serving the children and families in Dallas who are facing poverty and/or homelessness. Dallas and Springfield are two extremely different cities, especially demographically. Dallas is nearly 8x … [Read more...] about Connecting Dallas to Springfield
Throughout this semester I have been gradually learning more and more about service and what it means to be an active citizen. In trip leader training we often discuss the active citizen continuum - Inactive Community Member, Volunteer, Conscientious Citizen, and Active Citizen. When I applied for a Bear Breaks trip I fell heavily in the volunteer category. I cared about giving … [Read more...] about Even as a leader, I’m still learning and growing