Participants will enjoy a weekend stay with local host families, as well as stays at Rural Mission and Penn Center. Excursions to local islands and to Charleston and Savannah are part of the project, as well as discussions with local resource people. Participants depart campus late in the day on October 8 after classes. In NYC, group members provide service to people dealing with the consequences of the AIDS epidemic. Accommodations are located at the American Youth Hostel on Amsterdam Avenue.
Participants work with two New York organizations.
Their clients span the 350 square miles of New York City. Housing Works is an agency dedicated to finding good housing for AIDS sufferers. Participants deliver meals and work in a cafe and clothing store. A visit to the United Nations is on the agenda, as well as seeing the Broadway play Rent. Sixty-eight percent of the children live in poverty and half the adults are without a high school diploma equivalency.