Week four of Bear Breaks Trip Leader Training is coming to an end! The year is in full swing for our trip leaders with them working on wrapping up exciting trip titles and descriptions. Those Spring Break applications will be out soon! As Executive Board Members we are hard at work preparing our Trip Leaders for their Spring Break Trips. The curriculum this past week was … [Read more...] about A Bear Breaks Briefing
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
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
By Macon Allen Today was our third day volunteering in the bitterly cold Chicago, Illinois. We went to A Safe Haven and worked in their food pantry as a part of our direct service piece for our immersion trip. I’m always hearing about homelessness and seeing it portrayed in the media, but I never realized its full effect until this trip. We bagged fruits and vegetables in … [Read more...] about A Safe Haven – Chicago Bear Breaks