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OASIS (Outdoor Action for Social and Intrapersonal Strength)

OASIS (Outdoor Action for Social and Intrapersonal Stregth) is a project I am running at the Durham Nativity School in Durham, North Carolina. The Durham Nativity School is a nonprofit organization that provides free private school tuition to at-risk middle school students in the Durham area. OASIS is a supplemental retreat program for the students at this school. We take their students (approximately 15-35 students are expected to attend each retreat) on weekend long retreats to various areas that are relatively near (but outside of) the Durham area.

Habitat for Humanity/Collegiate Challenge

I first became a member of Collegiate Challenge, a subgroup of Habitat for Humanity, in my freshman year. Collegiate Challenge involves with helping others and by building houses in different areas throughout the United States whereas Habitat for Humanity just deals with the local area. During my freshman year, there were three groups that traveled throughout the United States: one group to Colorado, one group to South Dakota, and one group to Texas. I went to Eagle Butte, South Dakota.