The first update from the Detroit trip! My name is Mia, and I am one of the student leaders on the trip and I will be sharing a little about our first full day experiencing Detroit. On Monday, we started our day reflecting on the travel experience and creating affirmation bags for everyone. Affirmation bags […]
This year’s Washington, D.C. ABST consists of 2 staff accompaniers, 2 student leaders, and 6 student participants. Our team arrived in Washington, D.C. around 5pm on Sunday, May 5. We spent Sunday settling into the center, picking up some groceries, and going to bed early to get ready for a 6am start on Monday. Monday […]
Audrey here again for our last blog post of the trip! We had an early start to our morning and woke up around 7am to finish up packing, clean our living space, and say our bittersweet farewells to the Sherman House assistants and core members. We left around 8:15am and stopped for a quick breakfast […]
This is Ashley Caldwell and Team Ruskin has the pleasure of recapping our final day of service for you! Our day of service started with transferring tables and tvs to the sanctuary at Beth El Ministries as they prepare to bring many delegates to their facility. Once that was complete. We of course had a […]
My name is Mikel-Bryan Ott and I’m a senior Sports management and marketing major apart of the 2024 Merida ABST.On our last official day in Merida we started early with a fun activity before our service activity happening later. As a group we departed for the beach around 8:30am which was when our local accompanier […]
Hello everyone, This is Irteza, a Cyber Engineering major from the class of 2026. I’m thrilled to be part of ABST Ruskin, and today, I’m excited to share my experience from our 6th day here in Florida.
Hi all, this is Marilee. Luckily, the weather turned back and we got some great sunshine on our last full day in Hamilton. Today we headed to one Indwell location. Indwell is a Hamilton-based charity that supports communities by providing extremely affordable housing solutions, and wraparound services to contribute to tenants’ stability and success. Indwell […]
Greetings from sunny Ruskin. This is Mark Jordano, accompanier. We started the day with a tour of the Ruskin campus. Trenton did a fabulous job (with an assist from Joel) showcasing the wonderful facilities and amenities of the campus. We were able to see the small gator on the pond and enjoy lunch on the […]
Hi my name is Mark, and I’m a Senior biology major graduating this year. Today we started off with a presentation about the Mission of Friendship and reflected on how to assist the mission moving forward. Following this, we went to one of the mission’s programs, a day care, where we painted, cleaned up construction […]
Greetings from then Arizona Border ABST. This is Sarah Ludwig and Jenna Miller. This morning, we woke up bright and early and headed straight over to the Pio Decimo Center to finish up some service from earlier this week. Some of us organized sheds while others painted the rest of the fence around the children’s […]
