Chris Johnson | Posted on March 14, 2019 |

Collegiate spring-breakers flock South not to party but to serve

College students serving with Fuller Center for Housing covenant partners across the country — and beyond its borders — is as common a sight of spring as flowers, pollen, green grass, lawnmowers, shorts and flip-flops. While spring does not officially begin until next week, college students already are showing up on Fuller Center job sites for a full week. We spoke to students from a couple of schools — Dickinson College and Cleveland State University — who are working with the Americus-Sumter Fuller Center for Housing this week, just a few miles from our headquarters. Here’s what a few had to say about why they are spending their week here:

ERIN KINCADE,
Dickinson College

“I wouldn’t have be doing anything else during my spring break — just working in a grocery store. This week I’m having so much fun learning how to do the work, meeting new people and learning about the organization. And, yes, the weather’s a big plus!”

ADAM MUNTASER
Cleveland State University

“You can still goof around and have fun a little — not with the tools, of course. But the people I’m with, we’re having a good time while we’re doing this. Doing something like this instead of going to a resort just feels more real, more authentic. I feel like I’ll remember it more than doing something else.”

KEVIN PADILLA
Cleveland State University

“It’s just the experience and the relationships you build with your teammates — and not just your teammates but people like Thad (Harris, Americus-Sumter homeowner and volunteer) and Mark (Bowen, Americus-Sumter volunteer). Just that in itself makes this experience like 20 times better.”