{"id":5179,"date":"2011-05-13T14:45:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T18:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=5179"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:13:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:13:10","slug":"alternative-spring-break-engages-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/alternative-spring-break-engages-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Spring Break engages students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong>Nearly fifty UTC students participated in the first UTC Alternative Spring Break (ASB), engaging in activities to benefit residents in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/ASB-2011-Photos-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"5180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/alternative-spring-break-engages-students\/asb-2011-photos-008\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/ASB-2011-Photos-008.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,960\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPod touch&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1300284527&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0016025641025641&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ASB 2011 Photos 008\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/ASB-2011-Photos-008.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5180\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/ASB-2011-Photos-008-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/ASB-2011-Photos-008-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/05\/ASB-2011-Photos-008.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u201cCommunity engagement inspires students to become more active citizens in solving the major issues of our day such as hunger, homelessness, or supporting our environment.\u00a0 UTC\u2019s Alternative spring break was designed to start conversations between students and local partners, to increase the connection of UTC students and Chattanooga.\u00a0 Through these partnerships, UTC students will have more opportunities to support others in our community,\u201d said Brian A. Peters, Resident Director at UTC.\u00a0 Peters and Carol Oglesby, Coordinator of Student Civic Engagement and Physical Health Education and Promotion, coordinated ASB.<\/p>\n<p>Students had the opportunity to volunteer at several locations, including: The Chattanooga Community Kitchen; Partnership for Families, Children and Adults where they cleaned up the grounds; the Gardner Group Home for Boys on Chamberlain Avenue, where students were needed to landscape, paint and clean items around the house; and at the North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy where 20 students planted 300 Swamp White Oak, Sycamore and Willow Oak saplings to re-establish the tree canopy.<\/p>\n<p>Samantha Bartee, a UTC junior, said she helped stock shelves at The Chattanooga Community Kitchen.\u00a0 She learned that someone has to reorganize food there every day.\u00a0 The four hours she and other students logged at the Kitchen allowed staffers to get ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Bartee also helped clean up at the Gardner Group Home for Boys.\u00a0 She said she enjoyed both experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely would do it again.\u00a0 It felt a lot more productive than just sitting in your room, watching television,\u201d Bartee said.\u00a0 \u201cIt was a good idea to offer students this option.\u00a0 I know how much time students waste!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[slickr-flickr search=&#8221;sets&#8221; set=&#8221;72157626712655150&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly fifty UTC students participated in the first UTC Alternative Spring Break (ASB), engaging in activities to benefit residents in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/alternative-spring-break-engages-students\/\">Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[7391],"class_list":{"0":"post-5179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-alternative-spring-break","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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