This is probably one of my favorite all-time photos shot while here at NC State. Year before last, I went with a group of Student Leadership, Ethics & Public Service (CSLEPS) students to the Dominican Republic for Alternative Service Break. ASB takes place during breaks from school (Spring, Fall, Winter, etc.) and students travel the globe providing service to those in need. In this case, our students built homes for Habitat for Humanity in the town of Nagua, on the north side of the island. While our students shoveled sand and poured concrete, two sisters walked up and watched a new home being built before their eyes. There's a sense of comfort in the hand holding and a feeling of "everything's going to be alright" from the loving gesture. Instead of heading to the beach for their Spring Break, these students sweated and bent and lifted and toiled in the Caribbean sun for a reason - and that reason stands holding hands, watching.

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