On Friday nights, Massey said he is planning to provide meals for the students coming to the Breakaway Center. Along with games, food and other activities, Massey said the major focus of the center will be mentoring and tutoring. He said he has several volunteers to help with these programs, although additional volunteers are always needed.

Through Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Youth for Christ, Amy and her sister Sam — both volleyball players at North Pocono — were two of 19 people who made the trip to Africa from July 20 to August 4. They helped set concrete for the second-story of a building. They started constructing the floor of a well dug by locals to collect rain water. They went hut-to-hut in one village and showed the movie Passion of the Christ while a native translated.