Details of a YSA Trip

Trip description

Our Young Single Adult service trips are a great way to meet and serve together with amazing good hearted people. These trips offer an opportunity to think outward and get lost in the welfare of others. By the end of the trip you will have made friends for a lifetime with both volunteers and those receiving the home. Building Hearts creates an experience where everyone participates and gets an opportunity to work with all aspects of construction.

6 day Trip Schedule

Day 1 (Sunday): Cross border, attend church, unpack at dormitory, walk through neighborhood, and visit project site and family being served.
Days 2-5 (Monday - Wednesday): Wake, gather, and eat breakfast. Work on service project. Evening activities.
Day 6 (Thursday): Wake, gather, and eat breakfast. Pack up and leave for border.

accomodations

The building we stay in is clean and safe. It has bunk beds with mattresses, toilets, showers, a kitchen, electricity and secure parking. There will be separate rooms for women and men.

Meals

Breakfast: Beans, eggs, tortillas, quesadillas, and chilaquiles.
Lunch: Burritos, Tacos, and Tortas
Dinner: Enchiladas, Tacos, Tostadas, Chicken with beans and rice, Mole,
Other: Snacks, water, gatorade are provided throughout the day and evening.

Project work

Framing, painting, sheetrock, insulation, roofing, plumbing, electrical, digging and minor landscaping. No experience is required... you will get on the job training.

Evening activities

Visit to orphanage
Dinner at our favorite taco stand
Cultural performances from locals
Games and other fun

travel

You will be required to get yourself to San Diego at a meeting point close to the border. You will be picked up in vans that will take you across the border to start the experience of your life.

Border crossing

Crossing the border is a fun experience that we will do together. It can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 4 hours. You will need a passport, but it is possible to cross with proof of citizenship (drivers license and a copy of original birth certificate).

Donation use

Your donation is 100% tax deductible as we are a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Donation funds are used mostly for building materials and also covers food, entertainment and support or local orphanages and others in need. No one with Building Hearts Foundation is paid or otherwise compensated.