UW Students to Do Volunteer Work During Spring Break |  
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March 7, 2007 -- University of Wyoming students will travel to various locations across the United States to do volunteer work during a second consecutive Alternative Spring Break (ASB).
The UW ABS program was launched last year in response to the devastating Gulf Coast hurricanes. Last March, 50 UW students volunteered to forego the traditional spring break and traveled to Waveland, Miss., to clear lots, sort through debris and help families rebuild their lives.
Citing the overwhelming success of ASB 2006, the UW Center for Volunteer Service (CVS) has expanded this year's program to include different destinations. At each site, students will gain insight into societal issues and experience hands-on service learning.
Service sites for the 2007 trip, scheduled for March 11-18, are: working with the National Coalition for the Homeless in Washington D.C.; a conservation trip to protect and restore native wildlife habitats with Plateau Restoration in Moab, Utah; a return visit to the Gulf Coast to help hurricane victims rebuild homes in Pass Christian, Miss.; and a trip to assist the Southern Ute Community Program to work with Head Start youths in Ignacio, Colo.
"I am constantly amazed at how many UW students volunteer for so many different things," says Robyn Paulekas, CVS program adviser. "We have noticed that almost all of the students who went to the Gulf Coast last year volunteer more, and are more involved in community activities. They apply some of the lessons they learned to their experiences in their classes and in their personal lives."
For more information call (307) 766-3117 or e-mail cvs@uwyo.edu.
Participants and their hometowns for the Washington D.C. trip are:
Big Piney -- Amanda Blair.
Casper -- MacKenzie Mixer.
Cheyenne -- John Ellis, Baily Loghry, and Jonathan McBride.
Colorado Springs, Colo.-- Amber Pace.
Gillette -- Amber Johnson.
Rawlins -- Lydia Bustos.
Rock Springs -- Brynn Hvidston.
Sedalia, Colo. -- Jonathan Ingebrigten.
Participants and their hometowns for the Moab, Utah trip are:
Black Hawk, Colo. -- Scott Headrick.
Cheyenne -- Suzannah Carr and Lydia Renneisen.
Chugwater -- Josie Voight.
Evans City, Pa. -- Matt Scarborough.
Laramie -- Steven Flynn.
Manassas Va.-- Rebecca Apple.
Mesa, Ariz. -- Curtis Franklin.
Pine Bluffs -- David Garcia.
Riverton -- John Kindle.
Rockton, Ill.-- Jennifer Fair.
Participants and their hometowns for the Pass Christian, Miss., trip are:
Beverly, Mass. -- Alison Woitunski.
Big Piney -- Shawn Kautzsch.
Boulder, Colo. -- Weston Toll.
Centennial, Colo. -- Haleh Torbaghan.
Cheyenne -- Benjamin Averill, Billie Bowen, Ella Childress, and Morganne Smyth.
Cody -- Cody Herman.
Columbia, S.C. -- Michael Molony.
Evanston -- Rebeccah Reedy.
Girdwood, Ark. -- Laura Evans.
Gillette -- Mike Nielson.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- Thien Pham.
Jackson -- Brittany Peters.
Kemmerer -- Jacqui Frost.
Laramie -- Sara Primus.
Powell -- George Laughlin.
Owtonna, Minn. -- Jared Underdahl.
Tokushima, Japan -- Junichi Hosokawa.
Participants and their hometowns for the Ignacio, Colo. trip are:
Cheyenne -- Chris Averill, Adrianna Carlton and Janna Crumpton.
Chiba, Japan -- Chiemi Shiro.
Gillette -- Megan MacDonald.
Fort Collins -- Brian Rett.
Lovell -- Michela Beck.
Loveland, Colo. -- Brent Brovillard and Joseph Poling.
Moscow, Idaho -- Heidi Henderson.
South Kingstown, R.I. -- Beth Fernstrom.
Warsaw, Poland -- Tom Dziedzic.
Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007
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