SHARING HER SNAPSHOTS is Brook Schaefers, 19, of Butler, who climbed to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro last month when she was in Tanzania during a mission trip for the charity GIVE.

Brook Schaefers, 17, of Butler certainly reached her peak earlier this summer. Schaefers scaled Mount Kilimanjaro during her mission trip to the East African nation of Tanzania June 4 through June 27.

Schaefers, a 2017 Slippery Rock High School graduate, went to Tanzania through GIVE, an international charity whose mission is providing English education, developing eco-friendly infrastructure and practicing wildlife conservation in its host countries.

“GIVE is a volunteer group that goes to Nepal, Nicaragua, places that need help,” said Schaefers.

“They came to my school for an information session,” said Schaefers, who is attending Youngstown State University as a biology major with a focus on marine biology.

“I wanted to study abroad but I didn’t have the time,” she said. “This is like a small study abroad trip and I can do some good and learn about the culture.”

This is an excerpt — pick up Sunday’s Butler Eagle to read more about Schaefers’ trip.