{"id":25106,"date":"2017-11-10T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=25106"},"modified":"2017-11-10T09:20:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T15:20:27","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-students-visit-louisville-for-alternative-break-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2017\/11\/10\/austin-peay-state-university-students-visit-louisville-for-alternative-break-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University Students visit Louisville for Alternative Break trip"},"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\" height=\"64\" width=\"250\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; During Fall Break, a group of Austin Peay State University students traveled with a staff member to Louisville, Kentucky, for an Alternative Break Trip. The group worked with the Louisville Rescue Mission, volunteering specifically in the organization\u2019s Thrift &amp; Thrive thrift store and getting to know the residents of the Mission\u2019s Life Change program.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_401358\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/APSU-Students-visit-Louisville-for-Alternative-Break-trip.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-401358\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-401358\" title=\"Austin Peay Students help Louisville Rescue Mission during their Fall Break.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/APSU-Students-visit-Louisville-for-Alternative-Break-trip-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay Students help Louisville Rescue Mission during their Fall Break.\" height=\"320\" width=\"480\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-401358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Peay Students help Louisville Rescue Mission during their Fall Break.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The students also assisted Buechel Park Baptist Church (their lodging hosts for the long weekend) by volunteering at the Louisville Iron Man race.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve also attached pictures. And here\u2019s a quote from the trip leader, Cassondra Meadows, if you\u2019d like to use it: \u201cThis group of strangers became friends,\u201d Cassondra Meadows, the trip\u2019s leader, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe bonded through the dust storms of the back area of clothing donations. We bonded through rain sprinkles and blatantly denying that there were clearly storm clouds in the sky while we explored the zoo. We bonded as we huddled and jumped around for warmth. We bonded over dishes, cooking supper, and playing (&amp; losing) at Phase 10. I was so blessed to be able to meet such an amazing group of people,\u201d stated Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>The Alternative Break program is organized by the Center for Service-Learning &amp; Community Engagement at APSU. 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 are planned for the 2017-2018 academic year, during the fall, winter, spring, and summer.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on how to get involved, students should 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; During Fall Break, a group of Austin Peay State University students traveled with a staff member to Louisville, Kentucky, for an Alternative Break Trip. The group worked with the Louisville Rescue Mission, volunteering specifically in the organization\u2019s Thrift &amp; Thrive thrift store and getting to know the residents of the Mission\u2019s Life [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,24595,7207,262,31221,825,11149,15845],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6wW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25107,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25106\/revisions\/25107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}