Today I had a meeting with my boss in campus ministry for Alternative Spring Break. I have a lot on my plate this week as we get everything prepared for our event. I think I might have mentioned this in my prior blogs. Basically, Incarnate Word students can spend their spring break giving back to their community. You can build bonds with the San Antonio Community, meet other UIW students, and earn your community service hours for graduation. This year we are going to be helping out the Willy Velasquez Foundation. This organization is located on the other side on Bandera, which serves a quite different population than our Alamo Heights. Drugs are prevalent in this area, and this foundation has a community center that helps meet the needs of the community. We will be spending our week doing neighborhood clean-ups. There are so many run down areas, and broken windows theory shows that the look of a neighborhood actually has an impact on the residents. If we work to keep the streets clean, others will follow. We will also be able to connect with the staff and meet people who use this community center on a regular basis. This will be a week immersion here in San Antonio during our spring break. It’s our first year to work with this organization, and we are excited to start up some great relationships. Ideally, this community center will become a focus point for Incarnate Word students, and we will be able to send volunteers out on a regular basis. I will keep you informed as we learn more, but it is shaping out to be an incredible experience!
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