Day Eight – 3/10/2012
03.11.2012
Here we are, our last day together as a group…for now! We got up at 4am to head to the airport with all our luggage. After a bit of confusion and frustration with the buses, we finally made it to the SFO Airport, and through security JUST IN TIME. I’m pretty certain we all fell
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Day Seven – 3/9/2012
03.11.2012
Today is our last full day in San Francisco! Boo We began our morning splitting in to three groups in order to recreate our Raleigh retreat, which is where we walked in groups around Raleigh trying to find various services for the homeless and GLBTQ population. In Raleigh, we had noticed that there were limited
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Days Five & Six – 3/7/2012 & 3/8/2012
03.11.2012
These two days are combined in our posts because we worked at the same two service organizations for both days. In the morning we served at Project Open Hand, which is a nonprofit organization down the street from us, that serves the community with nutritious foods that they can either receive through the grocery store
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Day Tleidooshú
03.09.2012
Today was a fabulously busy day! As always we had a great day interacting with the students and teachers at the school; however, we enjoyed a special treat. The students preformed a few Tlingit ceremonial dances and songs for us. They even wore their Regalia to do so. It was breath taking to watch and
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Day Three – 3/5/2012
03.06.2012
Hello everyone, Today’s blog will consist of a quote from each of our team members about today’s activities! We used this day to go to the National Center for Lesbian Rights to meet director Kate Kendell and her staff. We also toured the Castro district of San Francisco which is historically know as an area
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Day Two – 3/4/2012
03.05.2012
Today was an absolutely busy, sightseeing-packed, introduction to the city day! Started the day off with some breakfast at the hostel and walked to the cable car we needed to get to Fisherman’s Wharf through the neighborhood we’ll be serving in the next few days. No matter what time of the day, we always seem
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Day One – 3/3/2012
03.04.2012
Hello everyone, Welcome to the ASB San Francisco 2012 team’s blog! We have a truly energetic and service driven team this year, and are happy to say we survived our first day! Nothing starts off an ASB trip like a 3am meeting time at Talley Student Center during a thunderstorm! Luckily we made it to
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Challenge and Capital Area Food Bank – Friday
03.13.2011
Today was a great day. First, in the morning, we all went to the National Mall and found the solutions to the Hunger and Homelessness Challenge. We broke into two teams. There were a few tasks. The first was to find a place where a restroom could be used for free. This was the simplest
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“Looking on the Brighter Side” – Thursday
03.12.2011
Today was one of our most interesting days to say the least. We began our day by visiting a nonprofit organization called Martha’s Table. Martha’s table provides mobile soup kitchens for the homeless, day care as well as after school programs for children from 3 months to 18 years old, and various programs that benefit
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Tuesday and Wednesday
03.10.2011
Tuesday: We can all agree that this service experience in D.C. is surely a profound one. Not only have we been exposed to the down and dirty conditions experienced by the homeless of D.C., but we have also seen the cultural side of things. We have come to realize that D.C. is one of the
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