{"id":1464,"date":"2012-11-30T10:59:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T14:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:58:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T15:58:06","slug":"hornets-join-broncos-in-hurricane-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/hornets-join-broncos-in-hurricane-cleanup\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornets Join Broncos in Hurricane Cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1498\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/11\/andy-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1498 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/11\/andy-pic-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"K cross country runner Brock Crystal \u201915 (l) and WMU football player Nick Norton (r) helped New Jersey homeowners Vicki Laudien and Joe Danski clean up after Hurricane Sandy\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/11\/andy-pic-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/11\/andy-pic.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">K cross country runner Brock Crystal \u201915 (l) and WMU football player Nick Norton (r) helped New Jersey homeowners Vicki Laudien and Joe Danski clean up after Hurricane Sandy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\"><strong>Brock Crystal\u2019s \u201915 <\/strong>decision to attend the weekly athlete bible study at Kalamazoo College led him on an adventure in giving and gratitude he says he\u2019ll never forget. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">Crystal, a member of the K Men\u2019s Cross Country team, heard about a planned mission trip during Thanksgiving weekend to the East Coast where Hornets would collaborate with Broncos\u2014Western Michigan University\u2019s Fellowship of Christian Athletes\u2014to help people affected by Hurricane Sandy.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">Though he had never tried anything like this before, Crystal decided to tag along with fellow K students. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\"><strong>Sophie Roberts \u201916<\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Quinn McCormick \u201914<\/span><\/strong>,<strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"> Jacob Lenning \u201915<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Liz Lenning \u201916<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Guiherme (Will) Guedes \u201915<\/span><\/strong>, and Crystal carpooled east where they met up with the WMU volunteers. The group of 14 student athletes worked for five days tearing out damage from flooded homes and helping residents take photographs for insurance claims.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This trip marked Crystal\u2019s first time volunteering at a disaster site. He said many homes still lacked power and water, and many people were stranded or living with friends. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">One day, Crystal and others travelled to the Jersey Shore where they met homeowners Vicki Laudien and Joe Danski whose house had been flooded with four feet of water.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThey basically said, \u2018everything in this house from four feet below has to leave,\u2019\u201d said Crystal. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">As the K crew worked clearing out the house, they discovered a board in the back of a first-floor closet. The board held pencil markings of Laudien\u2019s and Danski\u2019s grandchildren\u2019s changing heights over the years.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">Crystal and his crewmates pried the board from the closet, and presented it as a gift to the family.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIt was really powerful to connect so deeply to someone in the span of half a day,\u201d said Crystal. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">Now that he\u2019s back home, Crystal says he caught the volunteer bug. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">\u201cI really now see it\u2019s not about us and not about getting gratitude for what we\u2019ve done; it\u2019s about helping other people,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a very rewarding experience I\u2019d go on 100 times over.\u201d<br \/>\nStory by <strong>Elaine Ezekiel \u201913 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock Crystal\u2019s \u201915 decision to attend the weekly athlete bible study at Kalamazoo College led him on an adventure in giving and gratitude he says he\u2019ll never forget. 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class=\"wp-caption-text\">K cross country runner Brock Crystal \u201915 (l) and WMU football player Nick Norton (r) helped New Jersey homeowners Vicki Laudien and Joe Danski clean up after Hurricane Sandy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\"><strong>Brock Crystal\u2019s \u201915 <\/strong>decision to attend the weekly athlete bible study at Kalamazoo College led him on an adventure in giving and gratitude he says he\u2019ll never forget. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">Crystal, a member of the K Men\u2019s Cross Country team, heard about a planned mission trip during Thanksgiving weekend to the East Coast where Hornets would collaborate with Broncos\u2014Western Michigan University\u2019s Fellowship of Christian Athletes\u2014to help people affected by Hurricane Sandy.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">Though he had never tried anything like this before, Crystal decided to tag along with fellow K students. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\"><strong>Sophie Roberts \u201916<\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Quinn McCormick \u201914<\/span><\/strong>,<strong><span style=\"font-size: small\"> Jacob Lenning \u201915<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Liz Lenning \u201916<\/span><\/strong>, <strong><span style=\"font-size: small\">Guiherme (Will) Guedes \u201915<\/span><\/strong>, and Crystal carpooled east where they met up with the WMU volunteers. The group of 14 student athletes worked for five days tearing out damage from flooded homes and helping residents take photographs for insurance claims.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This trip marked Crystal\u2019s first time volunteering at a disaster site. He said many homes still lacked power and water, and many people were stranded or living with friends. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">One day, Crystal and others travelled to the Jersey Shore where they met homeowners Vicki Laudien and Joe Danski whose house had been flooded with four feet of water.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThey basically said, \u2018everything in this house from four feet below has to leave,\u2019\u201d said Crystal. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">As the K crew worked clearing out the house, they discovered a board in the back of a first-floor closet. The board held pencil markings of Laudien\u2019s and Danski\u2019s grandchildren\u2019s changing heights over the years.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">Crystal and his crewmates pried the board from the closet, and presented it as a gift to the family.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cIt was really powerful to connect so deeply to someone in the span of half a day,\u201d said Crystal. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">Now that he\u2019s back home, Crystal says he caught the volunteer bug. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman\">\u201cI really now see it\u2019s not about us and not about getting gratitude for what we\u2019ve done; it\u2019s about helping other people,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a very rewarding experience I\u2019d go on 100 times over.\u201d<br \/>\nStory by <strong>Elaine Ezekiel \u201913 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1464"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9997,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464\/revisions\/9997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1464"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=1464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}