Visiting Teach For India
By Maggie Brown (@MagsOnWags) The eager anticipation began to rise rapidly among our group of foreign travelers as the rickety school bus climbed through the bumpy dirt roads smushed between rows of cracked concrete storefronts, woven straw homes, and mounds … Continue reading →
Service Learning in India
By Maggie Brown (@MagsOnWags) Their feet are bare and their clothes are tattered, And yet they show up at Crossover like nothing is the matter. As four o’clock passes the gym fills up as the children gather, And laughter fills the room … Continue reading →
Luxuries Left Behind
By Carie Small (@CarieIsSoVery) After a very long flight my body is exhausted, achy, swollen (reminders that I’m not getting any younger) but it’s easy to keep going running on the excitement of being in a new place, with people … Continue reading →
Go With The Flow
By Neha Soneji Contractor As I sit to think about what I left behind I realize there are a number of material items but, what I enjoy most is leaving some of the everyday tasks I know I need to … Continue reading →
A Little Nervous, A Little Anxious
By George Baldini As the summer days fly by and our trip to India that once seemed so far away is now just around the corner, I’m not going to lie: I’ve started to become a little nervous, but anxious … Continue reading →
The Mind Game
By: Kaustubh Garimella. Kaustubh is a sophomore at Northwestern University and has previously volunteered in India helping students learn basketball. Basketball is just as much a mental exercise as it is physical one. Coaches often talk about basketball IQ as an important … Continue reading →
Sharing the game everywhere we go…
contribution by Neha Soneji (Contractor) Due to a national holiday, Krishna Jayanthi, we did not have a session with our students but Team Crossover did not take the day off. First, a visit to the US Consulate where we provided … Continue reading →
Day 2 – And Then It Rained….
Day 2 started out promising with the arrival of Eric Obeysekere and his excitement to meet our students. As it were, five minutes before pulling up to the school – the rain started to come down. Now in the US … Continue reading →
A Day to be Cherished
Yesterday was a day that I had dreamt, planned, re-planned, fundraised, and more, for so long – that I couldn’t believe it was finally here. The kids at St. Patrick’s School in Chennai are amazing. Their excitement wasn’t one of … Continue reading →