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Hillel at Virginia Tech
- Mar 12, 2019
- 1 min
Day 2: Meeting the family!
Today was our first day of work in New Orleans. We got up at 7 am, got some breakfast and got straight to work. Once we got to the house,...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
- Mar 12, 2018
- 1 min
N'Awlins 2018! Day 1
As I reflect on our first day, I am so excited for what the rest of the week will hold! Even though I experienced this trip last spring b...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
- Mar 12, 2018
- 2 min
N'Awlins 2018! Day 2
It’s wild to believe that we’ve only been in New Orleans for a just few short days. So many deep personal connections have been formed an...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
- Mar 12, 2018
- 1 min
N'Awlins 2018! Day 3
On Wednesday we worked on the Rebuilding Together site at Betty Johnson's home in the 7th Ward, glazing and painting the exterior of her ...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
- Mar 12, 2018
- 1 min
N'Awlins 2018! Day 5
Today was a bittersweet day. We spent our last day working with Rebuilding Together, working towards repairing a New Orleans residents ho...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
- Jan 12, 2018
- 1 min
Ecuador Extravaganza: Dia Siete
Here is a little haiku to start us off: Hot springs in the valley The water was renewing Balance in the world After saying goodbye to our...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
- Jan 11, 2018
- 3 min
Ecuador Extravaganza: Dia Seis
Our day started out just the same as yesterday: wake up, help our host mom make and eat breakfast, and book it to the community center to...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
- Jan 10, 2018
- 2 min
Ecuador Extravaganza: Dia Cinco
Today was our first day of reforestation work and after 2 days of hiking, we decided to explore some alternate methods of transportation ...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
- Jan 8, 2018
- 3 min
Ecuador Extravaganza: Dia Tres
Two truths and a lie: figure out which one is not true 8 college students voluntarily woke up before 5:00AM We hiked a volcano that was a...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
- Mar 15, 2017
- 2 min
NOLA ASB 2017: Day 6
Everyone woke up this morning excited to learn about and participate in another volunteer organization a.k.a. not be chipping paint of a w...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
- Mar 15, 2017
- 2 min
NOLA ASB 2017: Day 4
It’s Thursday, the 4th day of the trip to New Orleans, Louisiana. We did some scraping of old paint and painting today. One of the exper...
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Hillel at Virginia Tech
- Mar 14, 2017
- 1 min
NOLA ASB 2017: Day 7
After working all week I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say we were extremely tired. However, arriving onto Magazine Street Saturday ...
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