Trading flip-flops for work boots: "But others, it seems, are willing to give all that up. 'I'd rather spend my spring break helping someone than just, like, going out partying and getting drunk and not remembering what's going on,' said Mount Saint Mary senior Kristen Roberts, 22, of Middletown.
Roberts, a biology major, leaves Saturday for Clarksdale, Miss., where she'll join Habitat for Humanity's Collegiate Challenge. 'It's an eye-opener,' she said. 'And an honor.'
Nearly two dozen Mount Saint Mary College students will ship out from Newburgh this weekend to rebuild homes on the Gulf Coast. Members of the campus ministry program will team with Catholic Charities' 'Operation Helping Hands' in New Orleans.
Simultaneously, dozens of college kids from Wagner and Northwestern Connecticut will visit Newburgh to assist its Habitat for Humanity chapter. The volunteers carpool in rented vans, sleep in church basements and gym floors."
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