South Africa, Here I Come

Hello friends, family, Rotarians, and random visitors from the world wide web!

I am Brittany. I enjoy chocolate, napping, daschunds, and laughing. However, more than anything else, more than free food and cheesy 80s pop music, I enjoy service and traveling. Thanks to Rotary International, and specifically to the Greensboro Summit Rotary, I have been appointed a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and have been offered the opportunity to travel to South Africa and study at Rhodes University. During my two years at Rhodes I will be earning my masters degree in Media Studies and hope to work with various service organizations that focus on women's rights and HIV/AIDS education. I am incredibly and overwhelmingly grateful that the Rotarians have given me this amazing opportunity. There aren't enough thank you’s in this world to express how much this scholarship means to me.

Tomorrow morning, I will board a plane, take a short flight (which is approximately 462 hours in length), and arrive in Grahamstown, South Africa. I will then begin studying, serving, napping, and seeking out free food in South Africa. I promise to update this page as frequently as possible to fill you all in on my life in South Africa, but for now, I simply wanted to say to all of my family and friends: I will miss you.

Side note: There is no need to worry about me. I have packed an entire duffle bag full of Kashi granola bars and circus peanuts (those candies that I am pretty sure are made of plastic, but taste like absolute heaven). My packing priorities are obviously in order.

Much love,
Brittany