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Habitat for Humanity: Finishing touches @ ReStore

March 28, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Today was the last day of our Intensive Learning experience at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Today we put the finishing touches on helping them move to their new location. We demolished some walls, shredded (again), removed letters from a door and did some final packing. While this was going on, there was a...

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Over 500 hours of community service in one week!

March 27, 2014October 13, 2015Bayshore Discovery

Today was our last day in Bivalve, so we were busy at work finishing projects. The AJ Meerwald went for a sail in the morning with the coastguards. We couldn’t go, so we stayed on the docks. Some people painted a part of the wood (the centerboard) from the ship while on the dock....

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Heading Home Soon

March 26, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

​By Laila, Nneka, and Crystal We woke up at the crack of dawn, packed up all of our things and ate breakfast with our host families. Our host mom made us sandwiches for the road. We bought some homemade crafts and T-shirts from one of the mothers. We packed up the bus and headed...

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Leaving CoopeSanJuan

March 26, 2014October 13, 2015Blog Editor

Cutest new friends ever!!!!! They even sang a song for us.  ...

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