Alternative Spring Break: Awareness in Action
Tue, 17 April, 2018 at 10:44 amAlternative Spring Break: Awareness in Action
Following
the College’s successful Awareness Summit, the Center for Student Life and
Leadership Development held its first campus-wide Awareness in Action
Alternative Spring Break. Cañadians learned first-hand about food insecurities
and how 2nd Harvest Food Bank gets food to the community and the College.
Cañada students and staff donated their break to sorting 1,548 pounds of food
that will go directly to feeding San Mateo County families.
Cañada
College also started a partnership with Habitat for Humanity ReStore for the
Awareness in Action Week. Students and staff heard how their volunteer time
directly benefitted San Mateo County residents in attaining affordable housing.
Thanks to the volunteers, 912 items on the floor inventory were prepped and
organized for market. Their volunteer work with Habitat provided much needed
support to the organization which builds strength, stability, self-reliance and
shelter in the community.
For
the last Awareness and Action piece, students and staff attended a volunteer
training with the non-profit group Peninsula Clean Energy. The team learned
about the county’s current energy consumption rates and sustainable ways to
support the community so that students can leave their county better than they
found it.
