{"id":21254,"date":"2026-03-13T10:04:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=21254"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:49:08","slug":"elizabethtown-college-students-make-a-positive-impact-during-annual-spring-break-service-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2026\/03\/13\/elizabethtown-college-students-make-a-positive-impact-during-annual-spring-break-service-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Students Make a Positive Impact During Annual Spring Break Service Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College\u2019s Center for Community and Civic Engagement<\/a> (CCCE) led seven students on the annual Spring Break Service Trip from Feb. 28 through March 6, traveling to Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee to participate in community service projects and civic learning activities. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stops included students volunteering with Habitat for Humanity i<\/span>n Tuscaloosa, Ala., to support a home build project. The Blue Jays worked together and learned new skills to complete exterior home improvements. In Selma, Ala. the group joined local\u00a0<\/span>Councilwoman Jannie Thomas<\/span>\u00a0in a clean-up project at Edmund Pettus Bridge, as well as had an opportunity to meet\u00a0the Mayor of the City of Selma, Johnny \u201cSkip\u201d Moss, III.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis service trip was a memorable\u00a0experience to\u00a0connect action with understanding by learning from the people and communities being served,\u201d Brennan\u00a0Ruppert \u201928, a Civil Engineering major<\/a>\u00a0participating\u00a0in his second\u00a0CCCE Service Trip, said.<\/p>\n

CCCE Student Office Assistant and Biology major<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>McKenzie<\/span>\u00a0Laity\u00a0\u201927\u00a0played a significant role in the organization of the trip\u00a0by planning the\u00a0trip\u2019s\u00a0itinerary and leading the group through\u00a0activities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Being able to attend and lead this service trip again is a highlight of my spring semester,\u201d Laity said. \u201cSpending\u00a0my break surrounded by like-minded people who want to make the same impact as me in communities outside of our own is not only rewarding but also builds my interpersonal relationships with my peers. No matter how many times I attend this trip, there will always be more to discover, not only relating to the Civil Rights Movement, but also within the development of my own personal skills and attitudes.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The\u00a0group\u00a0also\u00a0visited\u00a0various civil rights museums\u00a0and\u00a0sites\u00a0to\u00a0connect\u00a0service, history, and reflection.<\/span> This marked the CCCE’s third annual spring break trip centered on civil rights and service learning.<\/span><\/p>\n

The CCCE is part of a collective of programs belonging to\u00a0Etown\u2019s Institute for Engagement, Mission, and Impact<\/a>. Through collaborative learning, meaningful dialogue, and community-driven action, the Institute fosters a campus culture centered on inclusion, service, and advocacy.\u00a0Discover more.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College\u2019s Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) led seven students on the annual Spring Break Service Trip from Feb. 28 through March 6, traveling to Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee to participate in community service projects and civic learning activities. \u00a0 Stops included students volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to support […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":21258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[774,775],"tags":[1139,79,309,197,1517,1128],"class_list":["post-21254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-culture","category-campus","tag-ccce","tag-center-for-community-and-civic-engagement","tag-educate-for-service","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown-college","tag-feature","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21254"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21287,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21254\/revisions\/21287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}