Puerto Rico - May 2019

Travel Dates: Saturday, May 18 to Saturday, May 25

(As of 12-20-18, this trip is filled)

Spend your post-semester supporting fellow Americans in Puerto Rico as they continue the rebuilding efforts in response to Hurricane Maria in the Fall of 2017. This hands-on experience will provide volunteers the opportunity to connect with local community members while providing the much-needed labor to make homes safer and more storm resistant in the future.  

The host for this trip is the Puerto Rico United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) and their disaster response teams. 

How to Register for This Trip

Livingston CARES trips are filled on a first come, first served basis. Twelve spaces for students are available for this trip. Volunteers will leave on Saturday, May 18 and return on Saturday, May 25. The fee for this trip is $850.00. On 10-18-18, SUNY approved our request for travel grants to support our students/staff volunteers participating in our 2019 Puerto Rico service trips. The $400.00 grants will be deducted from the $850.00 fee for this trip.Travel arrangements will be confirmed as soon as the airlines release schedules for May. Airfare, transportation in Puerto Rico, housing, meals, insurance, training and t-shirts are included in the trip fee. Transportation to and from the airports in New York, food on travel days and incidentals are not included in the trip fee. 

If you  have any questions about registration, contact Tom Matthews (585-245-5857) or Garth Freeman (585-245-5893) in MacVittie Union 353 or email freemang@geneseo.edu. 

Required Forms

Registration for all 11 service trips opened on Monday, October 1, 2018. The Links to the required registration forms are posted on this website on the Service Trips page. 

Trip Fee and Payment 

The total fee for this trip is $850.00 minus the $400.00 grant from SUNY for a new cost of $450.00. In order to secure a space individuals must complete all registration forms and submit a $100 deposit ($50.00 is non-refundable). You will see that the waiver fee must be notarized. Beth Standish, the Secretary in the Center for Community (Union 353), can notarize your waiver form. When we receive your completed forms and $100 deposit you will be registered for your trip.

We encourage individuals to pay the $100 deposit using a credit or debit card (in person in the Center for Community), with cash, or by check made payable to Livingston CARES when you come in to have your waiver form notarized. The balance of the fee will be due on or before March 15, 2019 and must be paid in person with cash, a credit card, or check (made out to "Livingston CARES") at the Center for Community - MacVittie College Union 353.