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CCHS x BLUE Mission 2018
BLUE Missions will once again be facilitating service trips open exclusively to Columbus High School students during the summer.
This time around, CCHS students have the option of traveling to either the Dominican Republic or Nicaragua to serve. Applications for Summer 2018 trips will be released on November 1st. Spots are expected to fill up quickly, however, potential volunteers can place themselves on a Priority List to receive the application early.
Last summer, 548 volunteers traded bathing suits for boots to travel to rural villages in the Dominican Republic with BLUE Missions and work on the construction of 24 water and sanitation projects benefitting over 1,000 families.
Volunteers traveling on service trips with BLUE Missions live and work alongside locals on the construction of either an aqueduct to connect homes with clean water, or on latrines to provide bathrooms that are safe, private, and sanitary.
“I signed up for a BLUE Missions service trip hoping to fulfill my community service hours requirements. Never did I expect these 9 days spent in the Dominican Republic to change my life so profoundly,” confessed 16 year old, Jose Moreno, who volunteered on a sanitation project this summer.
The nonprofit founded by Columbus alum, Daniel Rodriguez, facilitated the first service trip exclusively for Columbus students in 2014, and has taken over 100 CCHS students to serve abroad every summer since then.
To explore service trip dates and sign up to the Priority List, visit www.bluemissions.org and follow @blue_missions on social media to stay informed.
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Brotherhood, Faith, and Scholarship define the Marist Brothers Catholic education at Christopher Columbus High School. By making Jesus Christ known and loved and creating an inspiring academic and extracurricular environment, we prepare young men for higher learning and a life-long commitment to leadership and service through Gospel and Marist values.
Columbus is fully accredited by Cognia and is a member of the Marist Association of Secondary schools, the National Catholic Education Association and the Independent Schools of South Florida.
