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Final Day: Hassan II Mosque Interior

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017Blog Editor

Our final day in Morocco is at an end; we began the day by checking out of our hotel in Marrakech and busing to Casablanca. After our 3 hour trek northwest, we arrived at the largest mall in Morocco, aptly named Morocco Mall. Everyone was content with a change in food for lunch, as...

Asian Culture: Service Day in Philly’s Chinatown

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017Blog Editor

After yesterday’s trip to New York’s famous Chinatown, the Asian Cultures Intensive Learning group journeyed just across the river to Philadelphia’s own Chinatown to continue our study of East Asian culture. Since Philadelphia is so much of a closer trip than New York, we had time to begin our day with an in-class discussion...

South Jersey Service: Collingswood Methodist Home

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017South Jersey Service

Mortality: a paradox constantly stressed but often neglected. We know our time is of the essence, yet we sometimes forget to act upon it, and end up sometimes breathing instead of living. On average, our species lives seventy-nine years before our parting breath. Us humans go through life constantly waiting on the next step,...

Cousin’s Grocery Store and Cooking

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017Blog Editor

Cousin’s Grocery Store Today we created a grocery shopping list for our fiesta tomorrow. We divided the list into different groups and had a competition to see who would find all of their items first. Michél and Assata won. We headed back to school and had lunch and began prepping the food. Julianna, Kendall,...

Wrapping It Up: The Final Knot

March 31, 2017April 2, 2017Quilting

On this last day of Quilting, we spent the day cleaning up and finishing up some projects. We saw a 7th grade Intensive Learning play. Afterwards, we went home with our mini individual projects, such as: pin cushions, pillows, etc. Our long week of hard work has finally come to a close....

South Jersey Service Day 4: Perkins Center for the Arts

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017South Jersey Service

Today, we spent time at the Perkins Center for the Arts, at 30 Irwin Ave. in Collingswood. (There is a second location right in Moorestown, located at 395 Kings Highway). Led by Samantha Salazar, manager of Special Events and Education Assistant, we helped clean the massively impressive warehouse space, and we helped create artistic...

Let’s Sew for Babies: Day 4: Visiting Philadelphia NFP

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017Blog Editor

We started off our day by gathering in the Greenleaf building and sewed until our departure for Philly at 9:00. We headed to the Nurse Family Partnership headquarters to learn about why we are sewing for babies. First, we took a tour of the office. Then, we learned about the every day schedules of...

So many memories … so much food!

April 2, 2016April 15, 2016China

Today we started our day off by having breakfast at 7:30. After breakfast we went on a public bus to go to the Shaanxi Museum at 8:30. The Shaanxi Museum had four different galleries that all related to China’s history and culture. While at the museum we split into teams and had a mini...

At Last! Our Day in Disney’s Magic Kingdom!

April 2, 2016April 2, 2016Give Kids the World

We awakened later than usual due to our special day. It has finally arrived! The day we go to Disney World has come. We got breakfast around 9:30, excited for what’s in store for the day. We bump our music on the way to Disney, filled with excitement. Once we entered the Magic Kingdom,...

A Visit to the Pine Island Cranberry Co!

April 1, 2016April 1, 2016Pine Barrens

On the final day of our journeys through the Pine Barrens, our group visited the Pine Island Cranberry Company in Washington, NJ. Once there, we learned about the history of cranberry farming in New Jersey. We were welcomed by employees of the company, including Stefanie and Mike Haines, and learned about the beginning of...

Making Tamales

April 1, 2016April 1, 2016Blog Editor

On Friday we made tamales in the MacColl room. We had to gather ingredients and prepare the food. The filling of masa flour and green chile went in a cornhusk. Another type of tamale was chicken. This kind used chicken and a red chili sauce as the filling. Once prepared, the food was served....

Christmas in the Village

April 1, 2016April 1, 2016Give Kids the World

Today we got up bright and early to eat breakfast at the hotel! We hopped in the minivan and were on our way by 7. Most of our crew started out their morning at Nancy’s kitchen working a variety of jobs from server to busser. Kristin and Georgia were photo assistants for the Disney...

GYLI: Knowing Yourself

March 31, 2016March 31, 2016Blog Editor

Today we did some relaxing activities. First, we opened with a game of “Zip, Zap, Zop!” Then, we wrote in journals about the importance of knowing yourself as an individual and its correlation to being a leader. We followed that up with another personality test to determine our individual four letter codes. Then, we decorated t-shirts...