College Students Spend Their Spring Break Helping Others

March 6, 2012

A group of college students from Philadelphia are spending their spring break doing volunteer work for the Escambia County (Ala.) Habitat for Humanity.  The 18 students from Holy Family University are spending their nights at the Brewton YMCA and their days repainting the homes of two elderly widows in Atmore.

The students are working at the Smith home on Peacock Lane in Robinsville and and O’Farrell home on Old Bratt Road.

The students will be working hard but will also get a taste of” Southern hospitality”. Tuesday, they will have a short day of work and then enjoy a picnic , hayride and “History of Atmore” tour hosted by the Atmore Area Chamber of Commerce. Thursday evening, they will be treated to a beach theme meal and painting party at the Hourglass in Brewton. Friday, the students plan to enjoy a day at the beach before beginning their trip back home.

The students are participating in Habitat’s national alternative break program, Collegiate Challenge. This is the fifth year Escambia County Habitat has hosted college volunteers through the Collegiate Challenge program.

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3 Responses to “College Students Spend Their Spring Break Helping Others”

  1. Phaedra on March 7th, 2012 7:24 am

    How wonderful of these folks!
    SLB, that’s the very thing I thought. People coming from out of town to help ‘our own’.

  2. S.L.B on March 6th, 2012 10:27 am

    What an awesome group of young people.Thank you! Such a shame though, that a group of young people have to come all the way from Philadelphia to help people out in our own back yard.

  3. nene on March 6th, 2012 7:50 am

    Great job!

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