Hi, I’m Jess and I’m a sophomore environmental engineering major. On Monday we went on a tour of the daycare, medical dispensary, mission office, and the after-school program for girls. We learned about the differences between practices in the United States and Mexico in child and health care. We also had the opportunity to eat […]
Hi! I’m Julie, and I’m having a wonderful time with the rest of my group here in Tucson! Today, we left bright and early to spend the first part of our day with some preschool students at the Pio Decimo Center! After getting some quality playtime and helping the teachers with some tasks, we headed […]
Hello everyone! I’m Kaif Syed, one of the participants on the Ruskin ABST. Our day started with some homemade breakfast, and then we headed to our second community partner for this trip – Beth El Farm Workers Ministry. Upon arrival, we were welcomed and signed in by Shelly, the administrative assistant and thrift store manager […]
We started day four of our ABST trip to L’Arche Ontario with breakfast at the Sherman house. During this time we discussed a quick question and quote of the day. After breakfast we made our way to the Inclusion Cafe, a community coffeehouse where people with and without intellectual disabilities work together. We learned more […]
Hello. I’m Hiyori from Japan. I am an exchange student majoring in Psychology at Gannon and I am participating in the Arizona ABST! We left our house at 7:45am and headed to the Pio Decimo center. It was cloudy but warmer than yesterday. We worked on painting that we had left over from yesterday. While […]
Hello this is Kiara one of the leaders! Today we started our first day of service with Enterprsing Latinas! This is an organization that works to help latina women get there lives going! They are based in Wimauma, Florida and 80% of this region consists of hispanic population. We got to meet such wonderful people […]
Hey everyone! It’s Danielle Lanphere, one of the leaders on the Ruskin ABST! After a tiring travel day, we went to Hooks for dinner and had gator bites! We got settled in for the night, grocery shopped and planned out our exciting next day. Sunday was our fun day before our work week began. We […]
On day three of our ABST with L’Arche Ontario we started our day with breakfast and a short group reflection at the Sherman House before driving to Toronto to visit the Sol Express Day Program. We got to meet and play games with some of the members of the program, which focuses on performing arts […]
We started our day with an impromptu cultural conversation shared over warm cups of coffee, yogurt, granola, and toast. Shortly after breakfast we prepared for our first service activity of the day; planting in the garden. Time in the Garden . . . Our group began by weeding the front beds of the El Arca […]
¡Buenos días! Today we had an exciting day of service at the El Arca home! We used a solution of salt, lime, and water to “paint” rocks and trees in the garden after we organized the rocks to line the flower beds and circle the trees. While some of our group was outside, others repainted […]
