Cruisin' with Carthage: The Big Easy Edition

Cruisin' with Carthage, the College's first Alumni Road Trip, kicks off Saturday, July 11. A crew of Carthage students and staff will travel from Kenosha to New Orleans for the 2009 ELCA Youth Gathering.

Along the way, the crew will visit alumni, friends of the College, high school students interested in attending Carthage, and other people associated with the College to listen to their stories. They’ll cover 3,500 miles and stop in 21 cities in 23 days.

For a list of scheduled road trip stops, visit http://www.carthage.edu/roadtrip.

The trip begins with a send-off party at Carthage from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday in the south courtyard. Please RSVP by e-mail to roadtrip@carthage.edu or call Emily at (262) 551-5816.

The Cruisin' with Carthage crew will then head north to a few stops in Wisconsin before embarking on a journey through Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. After the ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans, the crew will meander through Jackson, Mississippi; Memphis; St. Louis; Springfield, Ill.; Carthage, Ill.; Davenport, Iowa; and Chicago before returning home.

A variety of activities have been planned for the journey, including a trip to the Packers Hall of Fame, a major league baseball game, a picnic, a zoo trip, the Three Rivers Festival in Fort Wayne, Ind., and a visit to the old campus in Carthage, Ill. Cruisin' with Carthage will also embrace volunteer service work, stopping at work sites as it winds its way south.

Follow the trip at www.carthage.edu/roadtrip, where you’ll find daily blogs, videos, photos and ways to get involved. For more information on the various events the crew will hold along the way, visit Cruizin' with Carthage on Facebook and follow carthagecruisin on Twitter.