ECU students, staff to participate in alternative spring break
Students and staff from East Carolina University will spend spring break serving others in eastern North Carolina and in Raleigh.
ECU’s Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement has partnered with local community organizations to provide opportunities for students to address a variety of social causes through the Alternative Break Experience program.
ECU’s spring break begins this weekend. Classes will resume March 14.
In Greenville, ECU students on a “staycation” will work Monday through Thursday with community partners focused on nutrition. Students will work in area community gardens and at the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, and will help distribute food in Enfield and Wilson.
Another group of ECU students will work with the N.C. Coastal Federation on oyster reef construction and nature trail maintenance in Carteret County and at a rain garden in Swansboro.
In Raleigh, ECU students will learn about citizenship by registering voters, volunteering at a local food bank and nonprofit resale store, and visiting the N.C. Legislature, N.C. Supreme Court and several museums.
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Schedules subject to change
Greenville — Monday: Food Bank of Central & Eastern N.C. and Bethel Community Garden; Tuesday: Purple Pantry on campus and Greenville Community Garden and Orchard. ECU staff contact: Katy Locke, 252-230-7340
Carteret County — Monday: bagging recycled oyster shells and nature trail maintenance; Tuesday: stormwater lesson and rain garden maintenance in Swansboro; Wednesday: trail maintenance and carnivorous plant expedition; Thursday morning: oyster reef construction in Pine Knoll Shores. ECU staff contact: Lauren Howard, 513-324-6758
Raleigh — Tuesday morning: voter registration drive, Moore Square; Wednesday afternoon: food bank project on Capital Boulevard. ECU staff contact: Alex Dennis, 252-406-0439
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East Carolina University News Services
Howard House, 1001 E. Fifth Street
Greenville, NC 27858
ecunews@ecu.edu
Phone: 252-328-6481
www.ecu.edu/news
Contact: Lauren Howard, interim associate director/director of the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, howardl16@ecu.edu