Beacon Journal | 03/29/2006 | Area students replace a roof for hurricane victims

Beacon Journal | 03/29/2006 | Area students replace a roof for hurricane victims:

"About 400 Kent State and University of Akron students and volunteers are in the Biloxi, Miss., area to provide hurricane relief during their spring break. Here is a dispatch from Kim Thompson, a public relations major at Kent State."

and later:

"our perspective has changed. One of our favorite parts of the trip is the simplicity of our daily routine. We don't have to get dressed up, and we don't have possessions to worry about.

Interacting with people who have lost nearly everything has helped us realize how materialistic we can be."