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Spring Break Volunteers Make Significant Impact in the Gulf
Coast
-- Alissa Romstadt and Greg
Braylock of Toledo Traveled to Louisiana
for Alternative Spring Break
2008--
United Way
of Greater Toledo recently sent two employees, Alissa
Romstadt, marketing coordinator, and Greg Braylock, Youth
United Way coordinator, to
Lake Charles,
Louisiana as part of United Way’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB)
2008. In its third year, ASB provides college students from
across the country the opportunity to help rebuild
communities.
Serving as
team leaders, Romstadt and Braylock guided about 50 college
participants, including two local Youth United Way
students, through the ASB experience. The teams worked to
repair damage to homes and buildings and improve the quality
of life for residents affected by Hurricane Rita, which hit
southwest Louisiana on September 24, 2005.
“It’s
amazing to see the enthusiasm that the ASB participants have
and the genuine desire to improve communities through
volunteerism,” Romstadt said. |
