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Danielle Rose
  • Class of 2016
  • Wilkes-Barre, PA

Rose Travels to New Orleans for Emmanuel College Alternative Spring Break

2015 Mar 19

During the week of March 8th, Danielle Rose participated in the College's annual Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip to New Orleans, Louisiana. ASB a week-long, faith-based service trip held during the College's traditional spring break that bridges volunteer work with education and reflection on larger social issues.

The New Orleans group continues to focus on rebuilding a city still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Emmanuel ASB volunteers worked on destroyed homes with the St. Bernard Project (SBP), a national long-term disaster recovery organization whose mission is to ensure that communities at risk of, or impacted by, disasters have the resources to prepare and recover in the most prompt and efficient way possible. The group also served with the New Orleans Mission, an organization that emphasizes rescue, recovery and reengagement for the city's homeless.

In addition to their days of service, the group also had the opportunity to learn more about New Orleans history and culture, including a tour of St. Louis Cathedral, a visit to The Presbytere (Louisiana's state museum), a tour of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation's New Canal Lighthouse Museum and Education Center and a visit with David Montana, the chief of one of the Mardi Gras Indian tribes.