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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 18 > Spring break — in Kenya?

Spring break — in Kenya?

Alternative getaways to needy areas are connecting with college students

By Daniel de Vise / The Bulletin
March 18, 2010

WASHINGTON — Some of Jonathan Sitko’s classmates at Catholic University spent spring break on cruises or on the beach. He spent his in Maryville, Tenn., building houses for the poor.

“Alternative spring breaks” are diverting a growing number of college students from a week of sloth and excess in....

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