{"id":2491,"date":"2023-03-29T12:35:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2023-03-29T12:36:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:36:21","slug":"spring-into-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/2023\/03\/29\/spring-into-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring into Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Center for Community Engagement, Residence Life, and Center for Student Involvement hosted Montclair State\u2019s Annual Alternative Spring Break. As part of the University days of service initiative, Alternative spring break provides students with a unique week-long experience to serve, network, and learn about the surrounding communities. Throughout the week 23 students served across 7 different sites, 4 cities, and accumulated 241.5 hours of community service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2491 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/2023\/03\/29\/spring-into-service\/13c7f16c-286b-4246-9da6-821072415eae\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/13C7F16C-286B-4246-9DA6-821072415EAE-300x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/13C7F16C-286B-4246-9DA6-821072415EAE-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/13C7F16C-286B-4246-9DA6-821072415EAE-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/13C7F16C-286B-4246-9DA6-821072415EAE-32x24.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/13C7F16C-286B-4246-9DA6-821072415EAE.jpeg 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/2023\/03\/29\/spring-into-service\/img-0730\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0730-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0730-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0730-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0730-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0730-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0730-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0730-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/2023\/03\/29\/spring-into-service\/img-0732\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0732-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0732-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0732-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0732-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0732-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0732-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0732-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students came together to assist local non-profit organizations with stocking food, gardening, sorting donations, street clean up, and building renovations. Community partners included The Paterson Alliance, Paterson Full Service Community Schools, Wynona\u2019s House, Father English Food Pantry, Eva\u2019s Village, Camp YDP, Van Vleck House &amp; Garden, Servant\u2019s Heart Ministry, and Habitat for Humanity Newark.\u00a0After service, students celebrated the work they accomplished with fun activities like; a trip to NYC to see \u201cSIX\u2019 the Musical, Movie\/ Craft Night, and Tie-dying T-shirts.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the end of the week student volunteers were honored with a celebration luncheon hosted by Residence Life. Many of the students reflected on how they have grown through this experience and the impact Alternative Spring Break has had on their college careers. Each student was presented with a certificate of appreciation and pin.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2491 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/2023\/03\/29\/spring-into-service\/img-0842\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0842-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0842-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0842-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0842-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0842-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0842-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/IMG-0842-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/2023\/03\/29\/spring-into-service\/unnamed-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/unnamed-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/unnamed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/unnamed-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/unnamed-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/unnamed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/unnamed-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/03\/unnamed-32x24.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0&#8220;Being of service to the community has given me more fulfillment and joy than any good grade or job I have worked at in such a short amount of time. The work we all did these past few days has been incredible, and after hours of working I don\u2019t just remember being completely exhausted. I remember being extremely happy that we all got to laugh, smile, and became friends during service.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSU students spend their spring break serving the community <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":295,"featured_media":2503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-office-of-community-engagement-and-partnerships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/295"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2491"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2513,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions\/2513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/center-for-community-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}