This was our last day working at Plenitud. We put in the standard morning work day, but there were a couple of differences. First, the students prevailed on the staff…
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This was our last day working at Plenitud. We put in the standard morning work day, but there were a couple of differences. First, the students prevailed on the staff…
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This was our second excursion. Typically the volunteering trips only have one excursion per trip, but the staff at Plenitud insisted we take two. For this one, we headed to…
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This was another work day. I don’t recall the details of what we did, but here’s another picture from Plenitud: We typically found work to do in the learning center…
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We worked in the morning again. But one of the staff members had also heard about a Jazz Festival in Mayaguez, about an hour away from the farm, that afternoon….
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This was another work day. But, if my memory serves me correctly, we also had a special treat. Because we were only working half days and getting rained out in…
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This was our first of two excursions during the service trip. I voted (well, strong-armed) the students to do this excursion over some of the others – it was a…
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This day was like the previous one, following the standard schedule. But we did have our first novel activity that the staff arranged because we were stuck in the Learning…
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This was a pretty typical day on the farm. We got up at 6:00. I read at the gazebo while some students did yoga. We ate breakfast, then went out…
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The staff at Plenitud are, well, they’re hippies. And I’m totally cool with that. In another life, I probably would be too. Anyway, I only mention that because it helps…
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I was invited to go with UT students on another service trip. This time we went to Puerto Rico to live, work, and learn on an eco-farm called Plenitud. The…
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