Students crowded into the HAWC as the new Project Serve locations, both domestic and international, were revealed last week.
The annual service project, taking place during Pepperdine’s spring break, sends Pepperdine students to various locations, both in the United States and internationally, to complete one week of service through partner organizations.
This is the first year that Project Serve has been under the leadership of as many as four students.
“With a larger team, we are particularly focused on maximizing our training and preparation process and on fundraising. We’ll be coordinating more centralized fundraising options than ever before this year,” Pepperdine Volunteer Center Assistant Director Meredith Miller said.
Locations for Project Serve this year include Nicaragua, New Hampshire, New York, Washington, New Jersey, Arizona, Guatemala, Florida, the Dominican Republic, Fiji, Costa Rica and a mystery location.
A unique experience Project Serve is offering this year is the mystery location option. Students are able to apply for the mystery location option and will not be notified where they are traveling until the “Site Revelation” event in November.
“The mystery project is for those who welcome a little ambiguity and lots of adventure in their life,”Lewis said.
Lewis hopes to convey to the Pepperdine student body that those who participate in Project Serve are not only being given unparalleled opportunities to serve others but will be “building a new community of friends and reframing the way we see the world as privileged American college students.”
“It’s the kind of week that can change your life. You’ll see and experience things through [Project Serve] that you wouldn’t otherwise,” Miller said.
Team member applications for Project Serve are available in the HAWC and are due on Oct. 5 by 5 p.m.
