Meaghan Carey
  • Neuroscience
  • Class of 2018
  • Chesterfield, MA

Meaghan Carey Participates in Emmanuel's Annual Alternative Spring Break Trip to Phoenix

2016 Mar 16

During the week of March 7th, Meaghan Carey and 19 other Emmanuel students participated in the College's annual Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip to Phoenix, Arizona. ASB is a week-long service trip held during the College's traditional spring break that bridges volunteer work with education and reflection on larger social issues.

For the fourteenth consecutive year, Emmanuel volunteers traveled to Phoenix to serve with two organizations, Andre House of Hospitality and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Andre House is a nonprofit organization, sponsored by the priests and brothers of Holy Cross from the University of Notre Dame, that serves the poor and homeless in the city. Students worked with Andre House staff performing various tasks such as office work, laundry, clothes sorting and distribution and food preparation and service. With the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic lay organization, Emmanuel volunteers spent the week gardening, preparing and cleaning up after meals and sorting donated food and clothing. The group also provided a local family with a home makeover through St. Vincent de Paul's Fresh Perspectives program.