Alternate Spring Break 2002

Sea Island Habitat for Humanity
Johns Island, SC

MISSION

To work together to build houses and to establish viable and dynamic communities in the coastal Islands of South Carolina. 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Painted, framed, roofed, etc. four houses
  • Learned to hammer like pros!
  • Made each other laugh till it hurt
  • Learned about other people's unique ways of thinking
  • Increased our vocabulary
  • Learned to "rough it" in a church
  • Mastered the art of using leftovers creatively
  • Fit 19 people in a closed Portopotty (don't ask!)

ENTERTAINMENT

  • Saw the ever-important oyster bill pass in VA's capitol
  • Played at the Angel Oak tree (oldest tree east of the Mississippi!)
  • Waffle House... TWICE... and other fine eating
  • Relaxed and stargazed at the beach
  • Became experts at Spades
  • Had a BBQ w/ the other three schools working with us
  • Explored and took a carriage tour around beautiful Charleston
  • Nightlife - went to hear "non-Jazz", and danced in a cage at Club Tango
  • Explored Magnolia Plantation
  • Took a boat tour to Fort Sumter
  • Played at South of the Border
  • Met Alison's family and ate their wonderful cooking!

FAVORITE QUOTES
  • "We're here to help humanity, not to pick up dudes!"
  • "We're just one collective dirty mind."
  • "Pho sheezy"
  • "Matt + hammer = Wharton tool"
  • "I'll hammer YOU!"
  • "You hit the nail on the head."
  • "That's like going from 0 to 60. Maybe I'll cry for you, but I won't die for you!" - Ian
  • "This song is about..."
  • "laying down the gameplan"
  • "You can have some of my private juice."
  • "If you want cold, use the showers." - Justin referring to the lukewarm iced tea
  • "U.S. Marine Corps, do it with a smile!"
  • "Are you tired or are you just bored?"
  • "The best part is that his descendents are still working on this plantation." - plantation tour guide
  • "What's the weather forecast?" "Smoke."
  • "Taipei 1 - Nursing 0"
  • "I love men in uniform." "What if it's a Waffle House uniform?"
  • "I went to Temple for 3 semesters, you have a nice neighborhood there. I almost got mugged by a 6-year-old." - our carriage tour guide
  • "People keep grabbing my sack... of carrots." - Pedro
  • "We're college students, we can eat garbage." - Mark
  • "Matt, are we going to have a shower?"
  • "You attacked with quickness, intensity, and precision." "Precision??"
  • "How do they make their money?" "DIAMONDS."
  • "Why do they call it a thunderpot?"
  • "Are you of above-average intelligence?"
  • "Say 'Waffle House'!" - guy at the plantation
  • "The Haber"
  • "He-ey"
  • "This is the lawsuit staircase." - plantation tour guide
  • "Survey Says" = "Cervezas"
  • "Crisco, fat in a can." - Anne
  • "I don't eat sketchy meat" - Nina
  • "HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE house..."
  • "Whatever." - Mark
  • "I don't like it, but if you guys do..." - Sharon

PARTICIPANTS

Sharon Male
Nina Smolyar
Anne Marie McKnight
Ian Framson
Justin Collins
Jen Bolson
Rachel Webre
Rebecca Blatt
Alison Silber
Kathy Chang
Preetha Umamaheswaran
Pedro Ortiz
Matt Asada
Mark Krugman

SITE LEADERS

Matt Asada and Mark Krugman
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Last revised: March, 2002.