Fact: Senior Spring Break is one of the most looked forward to events in a high schoolers life. I got in a little bit of a pickle this year though. Passover is the same week as spring break, which means that I cannot go to any sort of hotel because I need to have all home-cooked passover approved meals. My friends, who are also Jewish are going to Mexico for passover. I'm not going to throw a tantrum or anything that I can't go too, but I was expecting something more than sitting at home for spring break.
And then, a miracle happened!
I heard about a trip that my youth group is doing for 4 days over the break. They are going to the shores of New Jersey and cleaning up wreckage from Hurricane Sandy. You also get to spend time with your friends from all over the country for this unique community service project. I cannot express how excited I was for this when I heard of it. The best part was that they are serving all kosher food, and you get a ton of free time with your friends and you get to meet so many other great teens! I also feel really good that instead of going on a huge vacation with all of my friends, which would have been great, I now have the unique opportunity to help other people who really need it.
Things work out sometimes, and my senior spring break will be one of the most meaningful things I do in my young adult life. I cannot wait.
I wasn't able to go on a Senior Spring Break either but this trip seemed like it was really fun! I go on a service trip during the summer to Flint, Michigan with my youth group and they're so much fun. It's really cool that you got to help out the people that were affected by the tragedy, it must have meant a lot to them to have all these kids come and help!
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