{"id":5802,"date":"2019-03-15T09:51:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T13:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=5802"},"modified":"2025-08-13T19:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:08:05","slug":"a-not-so-traditional-spring-break-for-umpi-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2019\/03\/15\/a-not-so-traditional-spring-break-for-umpi-students\/","title":{"rendered":"A Not-So-Traditional Spring Break for UMPI Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5809\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2019\/03\/Hurricane-Florence-caused-flash-floods-power-outages-and-emergency-evacuations-affecing-residents-in-the-Carolinas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5809\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5809\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2019\/03\/Hurricane-Florence-caused-flash-floods-power-outages-and-emergency-evacuations-affecing-residents-in-the-Carolinas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/03\/Hurricane-Florence-caused-flash-floods-power-outages-and-emergency-evacuations-affecing-residents-in-the-Carolinas.jpg 650w, https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/03\/Hurricane-Florence-caused-flash-floods-power-outages-and-emergency-evacuations-affecing-residents-in-the-Carolinas-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carolinas Prepare As Hurricane Florence Approaches.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the summer of 2018,\u00a0 devastation swept through the Carolinas. The culprit? Hurricane Florence.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Maine at Presque Isle has been organizing a volunteer trip in an effort to help communities in the Carolinas recuperate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trip is about doing community service in an area that can not only help but expose students to different things they wouldn\u2019t normally be exposed to,\u201d Danfry Nieves, the AmeriCorps VISTA coordinator at UMPI, said. \u201cI believe college should not just be about lectures and readings.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Florence arrived in the Carolinas on Sept. 14, 2018, causing catastrophic floods throughout the coast. With record-breaking rainfall, the storm caused floods, power outages and emergency evacuation. By the time the storm reached the Carolinas, it had changed from a category four to a category one hurricane. \u00a0But that didn\u2019t stop it from wreaking havoc. Sadly, the hurricane took the lives of 48 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI figured it was a great way to give back to the community that was affected by the hurricane,\u201d Max Bushman, UMPI student, said. Bushman has been excited for the opportunity and has been fundraising for the trip.<\/p>\n<p>UMPI is organizing the trip through the All Hands and Heart organization in an effort to help with the recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany people in Carolina were devastated by Hurricane Florence. This is a way to help with the relief efforts already happening there,\u201d Nieves said. \u201cI think seeing what young students can do from different communities can do wonders for their morale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just looking forward to giving back,\u201d Bushman said.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in giving back and helping with the recovery efforts, please contact Vanessa Pearson at v<u><a href=\"mailto:Vanessa.pearson@maine.edu\">anessa.pearson@maine.edu<\/a><\/u> or Danfry Nieves at <u><a href=\"mailto:danfry.neives@maine.edu\">danfry.neives@maine.edu<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the summer of 2018,\u00a0 devastation swept through the Carolinas. The culprit? Hurricane Florence. The University of Maine at Presque Isle has been organizing a volunteer trip in an effort to help communities in the Carolinas recuperate. \u201cThe trip is about doing community service in an area that can not only help but expose students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8503,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5802\/revisions\/8503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}