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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUNTEER
Students lend a helping hand
Hilgers is dedicating her vacation to something else: service. She will be working with Riding on Angels' Wings, a horse therapy camp for kids and young adults.
JENNA JAKOWATZ
jjakowatz@kansan.com
She is volunteering through Alternative Breaks, a University program run by undergraduate students that sends participants all over the country to volunteer with different organizations. The group has many fall, winter, spring and summer programs in locations like Des Moines, Iowa, and Austin, Texas.
Kaitlyn Hilgers will not be boarding a cruise to the Caribbean for spring break. She will not be travelng home to San Diego to lie on the beach or visit Shamu at Sea World. She will not even be staying in Lawrence to sleep in, hang out with friends and relax.
If you don't want to go too far, they also have alternative weekend breaks around Lawrence and Kansas
Instead, on the Saturday after classes end, Hilgers, a junior, will be squishing herself and her few belongings into a van with six other students — whom she recently met — to begin a nine-hour drive north to Felton, Minn., which lies 30 miles northwest of Fargo, N.D. Felton has a population of 177 and an average high temperature of 35 degrees in March. Needless to say, it has no beach, no Sea World or any other luxuries one usually associates with spring break.
"Wichita is fifth on the list of human trafficking hotspots in the country," Marcus said. "When we first learned about the trip, we were blown away that this is somewhere so close to home."
"Wesley KU wanted to help locally. When we were researching nearby places to help, we happened upon some organizations in Wichita that
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"I would like to be able to learn and do something that not only helps me, but also helps other people as well." Hilgers said. "And it is such an awesome way to meet some great KU students that I normally would have never be able to"
Hilgers has been involved with Alternative Breaks twice before; she has traveled to volunteer in Florida and in Minneapolis. She said that this would definitely not be her last AB trip.
"Alternative Breaks was amazing and life changing," she said. "It has provided me with many different opportunities, and I have learned so much from the trips I have been on."
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Mike Marcus, a sophomore from Shawnee, will also be serving others on his break. He and other students involved with Wesley KU will be in Wichita working with organizations that are fighting against human trafficking.
Seventeen members of the group will go to Wichita with the mission to learn about the victims of human trafficking and how to advocate for these victims.
Members of the 2012 Wesley KU group went to Heifer Ranch in Arkansas to learn about the efforts to eradicate hunger. The group will send 17 members to Wichita to learn about human trafficking this spring break.
were focused on assisting people in these circumstances", Marcus said.
Campus minister Kara Eidson leads Wesley KU. a United Methodist campus ministry, and decided on Wichita and human trafficking as a mission because the issue affects Kansans.
Eidson said they will be working with other organizations during the break, as well, including The Oz, a homeless shelter for young people.
Eidsom and Marcus agree that it is important to focus on local places.
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"It is a major issue within our own state," Eidson said. "Trafficking is not just happening in other countries, but also right in our own backyard."
Members of Alternative Breaks, Summer 2012 in Huntsville, AL. wait for a garden party to start for CASA of Madison County, a volunteer agency in Madison County, Al., which helps seniors remain independent in their own homes.
— Edited by Hayley Jozwiak
Construction is expected to begin sometime in 2014.
indoor turf field.
modate about 1,500 parking spaces, five miles of trails and eight lighted tennis courts. There are five "pad ready" acres upon which construction crews can begin work immediately.
The facility will be constructed alongside the new KU track and field, soccer and softball stadiums. Rock Chalk Park is comprised of 89 total acres and the recreation center will share some of its infrastructure—including paths and parking spaces—with the KU complex.
Matthew Johnson
Loos expressed the importance of a new recreation center at this location.
"There's no rec center for the northwest part of town where there's obviously been a lot of growth," he said.
The 26-acre site will accom-
The 181,000-square-foot facility will include eight full-size basketball courts, sixteen full-size volleyball courts, an aerobic fitness area, weights area and an
LAWRENCE
After more than a decade of deliberation and a year of planning, the city commission has approved a $25 million recreation facility at Rock Chalk Park in northwest Lawrence.
Tuesday's 4-1 decision "gave the city authority to start working on construction bills," said Kevin Lovos, vice-chairman of the Lawrence Parks & Recreation Advisory Board. It will be the fourth and largest public recreation center in Lawrence.
City votes to build Rock Chalk Park
This Sunday is the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. So before you go to bed Saturday, be sure to move your clock ahead one hour.
POLICE REPORTS
A 27-year-old male was arrested yesterday on the 700 block of Vermont Street on suspicion of cultivation or distribution of controlled substances, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of stolen property. A $8,500 bond was paid.
- A 25-year-old male was arrested yesterday on the 600 block of Vermont Street on suspicion of cultivation or distribution of controlled substances, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of stolen property. A $4,500 bond was paid.
- A 30-year-old male was arrested Tuesday on the 1500 block of 15th Street on suspicion of cultivation or distribution of controlled substances, possession of drug paraphernalia and no tax stamp. A $3,000 bond was paid.
- A 25-year-old male was arrested Tuesday on the 3600 block of 25th Street on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. A $500 bond was paid.
Emily Donovan