{"id":22671,"date":"2016-06-21T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T22:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=22671"},"modified":"2016-06-21T17:34:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T22:34:09","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-students-spend-week-volunteering-at-south-carolina-animal-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2016\/06\/21\/austin-peay-state-university-students-spend-week-volunteering-at-south-carolina-animal-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University students spend week volunteering at South Carolina animal sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; A group of Austin Peay State University students recently spent a week volunteering on an Alternative Break Trip through the University\u2019s Center for Service-Learning &amp; Community Engagement. Collectively, these students completed approximately 360 hours of community service.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_348663\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/APSU-students-spend-week-volunteering-at-South-Carolina-animal-sanctuary.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-348663\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-348663\" title=\"Austin Peay Students volunteer at the South Carolina Coastal Animal Rescue &amp; Educational Sanctuary (SC-Cares)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/APSU-students-spend-week-volunteering-at-South-Carolina-animal-sanctuary-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay Students volunteer at the South Carolina Coastal Animal Rescue &amp; Educational Sanctuary (SC-Cares)\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-348663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Peay Students volunteer at the South Carolina Coastal Animal Rescue &amp; Educational Sanctuary (SC-Cares)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->From June 3rd-10th, eight students and one faculty member traveled to Georgetown, South Carolina, to spend their week volunteering with the South Carolina Coastal Animal Rescue &amp; Educational Sanctuary (SC-Cares), a no-kill, no-breed shelter for unwanted, abused and neglected exotic animals.<\/p>\n<p>APSU students spent the week helping expand a tortoise enclosure and doing maintenance repairs on a habitat for wolves. In between inclement weather from tropical storms, they spent a day enjoying the beach.<\/p>\n<p>The Alternative Break program is organized by APSU\u2019s Center for Service-Learning &amp; Community Engagement. Through a written application, students are selected to participate in a variety of service projects throughout the country that are organized by student leaders and faculty\/staff advisors. A total of 10 trips were scheduled throughout the 2015-2016 academic year, during the fall, winter, spring and summer.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on how to get involved, students can visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apsu.edu\/volunteer\" >www.apsu.edu\/volunteer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; A group of Austin Peay State University students recently spent a week volunteering on an Alternative Break Trip through the University\u2019s Center for Service-Learning &amp; Community Engagement. 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