April 8, 2005
Students Help Sea Islands
Residents
Charisse
Pickron ’08 (left), Lindsey Santamaria ’08 (center), and
Amy Wixon ’08 are three of approximately 30 MHC students and facilities
management staff who spent spring break working in the South Carolina’s
Sea Islands repairing and painting substandard housing. The Sea Islands are
an impoverished area, home to migrant workers and descendants of slaves who
are struggling to maintain their homes and communities. The trip, arranged
through Rural Mission, Inc. of Johns Island, South Carolina, a Christian-based
group, combined the students’ desire to create change in the world
with the expertise of the facilities management workers, responsible
for maintaining
a campus frequently cited as one of the most beautiful in the nation.
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