1. 2 years ago 

   Here are some pictures of myself, Sean Kesluk, in action for AmeriCorps NCCC and for The Samaritan Women, doing what few Jewish boys from Los Angeles have ever done or will ever do - hard manual labor. I’ve shoveled a lot of dirt, axed a lot of roots, hung a hell of a lot of sheetrock, and have had a lot of fun doing it actually. Although in fairness I’m not sure I’m going to be making any life decisions in those directions. 

So I, Sean Kesluk, left Los Angeles for a 6 month adventure abroad in Europe and South America. After a few weeks studying the Deutsch in Freiburg, Germany, it's two months up north in Hamburg working for the city's Jewish community center. After a brief foray into Sweden, I'll head South to Buenos Aires for some Spanish classes and volunteer work in a La Boca soup kitchen. After that it's back home to the States and national service with AmeriCorps NCCC. With a month of training at the VA medical campus in Perry Point, MD, it 's off to Baltimore for my first project, two months working for The Samaritan Women, a non-profit renovating a hundred-year-old mansion to use as a transitional home for women in recovery from heroin addiction and human trafficking, in addition to expanding a farm/urban garden to distribute produce to soup kitchens, shelters, and those in nutritional poverty. The second project will see us down in New Orleans, LA doing post-Katrina work with The Phoenix of New Orleans, a non-profit which renovates homes for Lower Mid-City homeowners who can't afford to do so.

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