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Keystone College students pose for a photo outside the Botanic Gardens during their alternative spring break trip to Washington, D.C. From left, back row, Kayla Felgenhauer, of Scranton; Temitope Adesanya, of Tobyhanna; Carmelitta Oakley, of Nicholson; Amanda Nhem, Mapleville, Rhode Island; Laura Edwards, Dumont, NJ; Robert Frisco, of Falls; Nyasia Smith, of Tobyhanna; Matthew Bennett, of Philadelphia and Tabitha Remetta, of Dunmore. Front row, Kelly Gordon, of Hallstead; Madeline Ferrara, of Scranton and Courtney Woolaver, of Old Forge.

Keystone College students visit the Lincoln Memorial during an alternative spring break trip to Washington, D.C. From left, Madeline Ferrara, of Scranton; Matthew Bennett, of Philadelphia; Kayla Felgenhauer, of Scranton; Tabitha Remetta, of Dunmore; Kelly Gordon, of Hallstead; Temitope Adesanya, of Tobyhanna; Courtney Woolaver, of Old Forge and Robert Frisco, of Falls.

Sewing sleeping bags donated by Flo Wheatley, founder of My Brothers Keeper in Hop Bottom, are Keystone College students, from left, Kelly Gordon, of Hallstead and Temitope Adesanya, of Tobyhanna.

Keystone College students visit the Native American Indian Museum in Washington, D. C. during an alternative spring break trip. From left, top row, Madeline Ferrara, of Scranton; Kayla Felgenhauer, of Scranton and Matthew Bennett, of Philadelphia. Middle row, Robert Frisco, of Falls; Carmelitta Oakley, of Nicholson; Amanda Nhem, of Mapleville, R.I.; Laura Edwards, of Dumont, N.J.; Tabitha Remetta, of Dunmore and Nyasia Smith, of Tobyhanna. Front row, Temitope Adesanya, of Tobyhanna; Courtney Woolaver, of Old Forge and Kelly Gordon, of Hallstead.

LA PLUME — A group of 12 Keystone College students spent their spring break in Washington, D.C. volunteering at the largest homeless shelter in the country and visiting various tourist sights.

Maria Fanning, Keystone College director of community outreach, was van driver and chaperone for the trip, which began Saturday, March 14 and ended with a return to campus Tuesday evening, March 17. The students volunteered at the Community for Creative Non-Violence and the D.C. Central Kitchen, where they prepared dinner for 5,200 persons.

The group visited the Arlington Cemetery on the way to Washington, D.C., as well as several memorials and Smithsonian museums, the Botanic Gardens and the National Zoo.