Puerto Rico: Hurricane Maria Relief 2019

By Michael, Hunter, Christian, & Jordan E Today was our last day in the Big Yellow House. We packed everything up and ate breakfast around 8 a.m. We left the house at around 9:00 to head to El Yunque rainforest. On the way to the rainforest we stopped in the little town of Palmer,...

By Micaela, Julianna, & Kendall Today we started our last day of service in the town of Vega Alta. We quickly ate breakfast, which included french toast, eggs, and fresh fruit, and in high spirits headed to the work site. Today, we would be working on Ángel and Maria’s house. Ángel has been helping...

By Courtney, Safia, & Jordan B Today we went to Villa Del Río in Vega Alta again, but this time we worked on Bolo’s home. We continued to make concrete and learned how to make columns. We had a group shoveling materials to make the concrete, a group shoveling the concrete into buckets, “cubos”...

By Rebecca, Sam, & Kat Today we started our day with a lovely breakfast at Big Yellow House. Afterwards, we loaded up the bus and headed for the worksite in Villa Del Rio. There, we met Noel, Angel and William, who led the project. Sonia (and Calvin) did an excellent job translating for us...

By Will, Jack, & Calvin This morning our excited group of 19 seniors, juniors, and sophomores ventured off to take on Puerto Rico. We all arrived at school around 5:30 a.m. and boarded our American Airlines flight at 8:40 a.m. The four hour flight was a breeze and we finally arrived in Puerto Rico...

By Mya, Sonia, & Arianna Today, we learned all about each other and Puerto Rico before starting our trip tomorrow. We began the day by making some blueberry pancakes along with drinking some orange juice. After we ate, we researched different parts of Puerto Rico such as their history, fun facts, common language/phrases, the...