Three local students in Cedar Crest College’s “In the Valley, For the Valley” alternative spring break.

Senior Rosemarie Kramer of Weatherly, junior Lyss Marino of Kunkletown, and Sophomore Alexie Blum of Slatington.

The alternative spring break offered students the opportunity to join their campus community for a week of service to a community, rather than a traditional spring break vacation. The inaugural “In the Valley, For the Valley” model used this year focuses on sharing the Greater Lehigh Valley community’s needs, businesses, and sites with our students without requiring a cost to attend the program.

The students had the following experiences:

PPL Center Tour, Phantoms Game, ArtsQuest (5 hours of service), Zekraft Cafe-Bethlehem, SteelStacks, Fegley’s Bethlehem Brew Works, Wildlands Conservancy (5 hours of service), Nowhere Coffee Co-South Mountain, Downtown Emmaus Shopping (FD Market, Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop, Let’s Play Books Bookstore, Conversational Threads Fiber Arts Studio), Cactus Blue Mexican Restaurant, Second Harvest Food Bank (5 hours of service), Martin Guitar Museum, Detzi’s Tavern, Udder Bar, The Valley Against Sex Trafficking (5 hours of service).