Some students and staff from ามต้ิฐสำฦต spent their spring break giving back to the Hampton Roads community through volunteer work, including a trip to the Brock Environmental Center on March 6 to help the Chesapeake Bay Foundation with oyster and reef restoration. This is the second year of ามต้ิฐสำฦตโs โalternative spring breakโ program which is led by the Office of Leadership and Learning. Photos Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
Jackie Shannon, who manages the Chesapeake Bay Foundationโs Virginia oyster restoration efforts, greets ามต้ิฐสำฦต students and staff at the Brock Environmental Center for ามต้ิฐสำฦต's alternative Spring Break. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
Dominique Scott (left) and Alexis Leona work together to build an oyster cage. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
Hafsah Sarfraz (left) and Jenn Grimm, director of ามต้ิฐสำฦตโs Office of Leadership and Learning, install hog clips to keep the oyster cages secure. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
Saige Hill, assistant director of ามต้ิฐสำฦตโs Monarch Internship and Co-Op Office, works on an oyster cage. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
A group of ามต้ิฐสำฦต students and staff work together preparing oyster cages. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
ามต้ิฐสำฦต students and staff sift through a pile of used oyster crates to see if any of them can be reused. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
ามต้ิฐสำฦต students and staff get a tour of the Brock Environmental Center. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
Lenora Thorbjornsen, director of academic advising for Interdisciplinary Schools at ามต้ิฐสำฦต, reads an educational display about oyster reefs in the lobby of the Brock Environmental Center. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
ามต้ิฐสำฦต students and staff learn about how the mobile oyster center operates. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
A pile of empty oyster shells that the Chesapeake Bay Foundation gathered from local restaurants. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
After the shells are bagged, they are arranged on pallets, forming what are referred to as "shell forests." Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
Jackie Shannon, who manages the Chesapeake Bay Foundationโs Virginia oyster restoration efforts, greets ามต้ิฐสำฦต students and staff at the Brock Environmental Center for ามต้ิฐสำฦต's alternative Spring Break. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
Dominique Scott (left) and Alexis Leona work together to build an oyster cage. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
Hafsah Sarfraz (left) and Jenn Grimm, director of ามต้ิฐสำฦตโs Office of Leadership and Learning, install hog clips to keep the oyster cages secure. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
Saige Hill, assistant director of ามต้ิฐสำฦตโs Monarch Internship and Co-Op Office, works on an oyster cage. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
A group of ามต้ิฐสำฦต students and staff work together preparing oyster cages. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
ามต้ิฐสำฦต students and staff sift through a pile of used oyster crates to see if any of them can be reused. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
ามต้ิฐสำฦต students and staff get a tour of the Brock Environmental Center. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
Lenora Thorbjornsen, director of academic advising for Interdisciplinary Schools at ามต้ิฐสำฦต, reads an educational display about oyster reefs in the lobby of the Brock Environmental Center. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
ามต้ิฐสำฦต students and staff learn about how the mobile oyster center operates. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
A pile of empty oyster shells that the Chesapeake Bay Foundation gathered from local restaurants. Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต
After the shells are bagged, they are arranged on pallets, forming what are referred to as "shell forests." Photo Chuck Thomas/ามต้ิฐสำฦต