Discovering India By Mollie Gillespie With our departure for India less than a month away, I’m already restless with anticipation. I’ve traveled a bit before, but never so far, and I can’t help but wonder how I’ll be able to endure the … Continue reading...
By Lauren Koenig-Plonskier It’s impossible to take it all in. As everyone’s eyes flutter and heads roll with the gravity of post lunch drowsiness, mine widen to cartoonish dimensions, unable to relinquish their grasp on the hazy peripheries of my gaze. Women here, men...
By Mayank Singh During my teens, I lived in a small cantonment Wellington in Tamil Nadu. The town had people from various nationalities, as it housed the Defense Services Staff College – an Armed Forces training institute. Every evening, I would to go out to the local...
By Jonah Travis The funny thing about this time around, no matter how much you prepare for what’s about to come, you still can’t stop it. Leave a Reply Cancel reply
By Maggie Brown Ram Sundaram shares about his school to Team Crossover One of the greatest beauties in the mystery of the precious human life lies within the irrefutable fact that time is not infinite, tomorrow is never guaranteed, and that the world will not spin...
By Jon Metzgar (@JonnyMet1) On Day One of my journey to Chennai, I wrote about what I was leaving behind in order to come here for two weeks. Now, on my last day before the flight home to Boston, I’m writing about what I am taking home with me. Students listening to a...
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 At American International School of Chennai – day 1 some of the everyday tasks I know I need to do back in the states....
By John Gillespie (@JohnG703) I’ve been here in India for just under 4 hours now. So far in the little amount of time I’ve been here, I can already tell this is like noting I’ve ever experienced before. I’m exhausted as I’m writing this due to the time 9.5 hour time...
Ripped From Our Comfort Zones By Maggie Brown (@MagsonWags) Because the only travel I have ever embarked on outside of the United States involved white sand beaches, crystal clear ocean water, and fruity drinks under the sun, I had no idea what the city of … Continue...
The Opportunity To Changes Lives By George Baldini Our days can be long. Very long. And last Thursday evening, while running the last dribbling session of camp, I was wiped out. I was losing energy; I was getting tired of yelling at an unruly group … Continue reading...
Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating Hope faculty and Crossover Sport in Education Conference...
By Kasey Hartung (@Kasey_Hartung) As I think about the upcoming weeks that I will spend in Chennai, I look forward to and embrace this incredible opportunity, but I also can’t help but think about what I left behind to embark on this amazing journey. I leave behind...
The first day of the 2013 Hoops Creating Hope camp is in the books! At the day’s finish, we had over 170 kids, and over 110 of them were girls! The Crossover volunteer team took a few minutes to reflect on the day’s experience, sharing moments and photos with each...
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 I’ve just met for the first time only a...
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 as their smiles grow fatter. The...
Crossover Basketball Announces NBA Player Joining Faculty Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating...
Crossover Basketball Announces NBA Player Joining Faculty Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating...
Crossover Basketball Announces NBA Player Joining Faculty Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating...
Crossover Basketball Announces NBA Player Joining Faculty Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating...
Crossover Basketball Announces NBA Player Joining Faculty Nine-Year NBA Veteran Damien Wilkins Traveling To India BOSTON, Mass – Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy is pleased to announce that nine-year NBA veteran Damien Wilkins will join their Hoops Creating...
