Vacation Volunteering: Students Participate in Spring Break Service
While there’s no shortage of places to go over spring break, there are also plenty of things for students to do in the Boston area.
While there’s no shortage of places to go over spring break, there are also plenty of things for students to do in the Boston area. This week, Director of Community Service Jeanette Szretter and Assistant to the Head of Upper School Debbie Argueta are leading three service days as an “alternative spring break” for interested students.
Yesterday, Szretter took half a dozen students to the town of Harvard (in Central Mass.) to the Fruitlands Museum to clear trails and brush at the site. “It was a lot of hard work,” Szretter says, “but we felt a real sense of accomplishment when we saw the vistas that were opened up by our efforts.”
On Wednesday and Thursday of next week, Argueta has arranged for several students to help out at the Greater Boston Food Bank, as well as Cradles to Crayons, which provides underserved children with clothing, school supplies, and more.
Szretter says she hopes that the spring break service trips are a fun change of pace for students who want to help out worthy causes while also interacting with peers whom they might not otherwise connect with. "These are excellent opportunities to build friendships with students in other grades and work together on different types of projects,” Szretter says.
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Yesterday, Szretter took half a dozen students to the town of Harvard (in Central Mass.) to the Fruitlands Museum to clear trails and brush at the site. “It was a lot of hard work,” Szretter says, “but we felt a real sense of accomplishment when we saw the vistas that were opened up by our efforts.”
On Wednesday and Thursday of next week, Argueta has arranged for several students to help out at the Greater Boston Food Bank, as well as Cradles to Crayons, which provides underserved children with clothing, school supplies, and more.
Szretter says she hopes that the spring break service trips are a fun change of pace for students who want to help out worthy causes while also interacting with peers whom they might not otherwise connect with. "These are excellent opportunities to build friendships with students in other grades and work together on different types of projects,” Szretter says.
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