Winter Trip 2010
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Price of a 13 shot Venti soy hazelnut vanilla cinnamon white mocha with extra white mocha and caramel
$13.76
Price of season Spartan Basketball Tickets
$180
Price of the ASB Winter Trip to New Orleans
$370
Traveling to new places, building friendships and helping the community
PRICELESS
THIS IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE NOLA TRIP WE’VE EVER HAD
Join us for our 1st ever winter break trip
We will be traveling to New Orleans, LA to work with the social issue of HIV/AIDS at Project Lazarus.
January 3rd to the 9th, 2010
To participate complete the attached “Winter Trip” application with your $100 deposit to 27 Student Services no later than November 20, 2009. Applications will be reviewed on a first come, first serve basis. So get them in earlier to ensure your spot!
Est. 1983
We will be volunteering with Project Lazarus. Founded in 1983, Project Lazarus is the oldest and largest residential facility providing assisted living to people with AIDS in the Gulf Coast region. The agency was founded by a group of clergy and lay people who were asked to help a person with AIDS who was being discharged from the hospital, but had nowhere to live.
Project Lazarus Website
2008 ASB Participant Experience at Project Lazarus
“My trip to New Orleans was indescribable. Project Lazarus itself is full of AMAZING people. We got to know a lot of the people living there on a very special level, as well as the nursing staff who were hilarious. One day, we were able to use the vans that the house provided us and took some of the residents into the French Quarters. A lot of them said they hadn’t been there in over five years, which was incredibly sad, since we were no more than a twenty minute walk away. One night we held a “beauty night” for the women in the house which was a hit. We made cookies, brought chocolate, did the ladies nails and watched a movie. That was a very memorable night. Some of the nurses said that the women had not had that much fun in a long time. Being able to make someone that happy by just hanging out with them and simply listening to their stories is so fulfilling. I can also remember one of the guys who lived there, Danny. He had contacted HIV through a blood transfusion and had been in a wheelchair for almost ten years. A guy on my trip, Rob Haas, worked with him a little each day on his walking and coordination. By the end of the week Danny was walking a few feet by himself. He wasn’t crippled or disabled by any means, but I think Rob was the first person in a long time that told Danny he was capable of doing it again, and gave him the confidence to do so. A few people who lived in the house were very reserved and kept to themselves, but for the most part everyone opened up and loved talking. I think having someone with an open ear was what they loved the most. It was a very emotional trip in regards to not only where we were and the circumstances of a lot of the people, but Katrina as well. I had never been to New Orleans before, and we were able to go see where the levees broke and a lot of the ruins. It was very intense, and listening to some of them tell their stories about what happened was really hard.”
